A Nation-Building Project Shivraj Singh Chouhan

AN ET EDGE INITIATIVE SHIVRAJ SINGH CHOUHAN (Hon'ble Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh) A NATION-BUILDING PROJECT SPEAKS OF THE IMPORTANCE OF INFRASTRUCTURE TO PROGRESS THE 3RD EDITION OF THE ECONOMIC TIMES INFRA FOCUS SUMMIT LOOKS TO FOCUS ON t one time, the state of vital for our farmers, so the AMadhya Pradesh had a benefits of this are felt by ur- THE CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES THAT LIE AHEAD FOR THE FUNDAMENTALLY CRITICAL negative growth rate and no ban and rural populations. INFRASTRUCTURE SECTOR roads, water, electricity. In fact, We committed to delivering the state was known as a 'bi- 24x7 power to all, which many enormous, but to meet and Vinayak Chatterjee maru' state that was lagging said was impossible. Today, we these challenges, integrat- (Chairman, Feedback In- behind. However, it is only be- are a power surplus state with ed infrastructure develop- fra) felicitated for their cause we didn't have the right 15,500 MW of power. We ment will be the key. achievements towards infrastructure that progress got worked on completing power With this in growing India’s infrastruc- disrupted. Agriculture, educa- projects across thermal, hydro, mind, the 3rd ture. tion, business; everything de- wind, solar and it gives me edition of the With a renewed focus pends on it. great pleasure to say 5000 Economic Times of the government on in- However, today Madhya MW will be generated through Infra Focus Sum- frastructure creation, and Pradesh is leading the way renewable energy. mit looked to bring togeth- with a new policy focus with PPP projects for working It is only by building infra- er captains of the industry one can expect to see in- on roads across rural and ur- structure that we can build a and key decision-makers vestor confidence and ban areas. Roads are also very nation. to discuss the most press- growth in the sector surge. ing of issues faced by the The proposed smart cities, GM RAO (Chairman, GMR Group) infrastructure sectors. With metro rail connectivity, na- several thought-inspiring tional highways and in- OFFERS HIS THOUGHTS ON THE WAY AHEAD FOR THE SECTOR panel discussions held creased focus on solar will he infra sector is going economy. We now need a big throughout the day and an doubtlessly be a fillip to in- Tthrough challenging times. bang approach to improve in- evening infrastructure frastructure in India. However, there seems to be frastructure development in leaders meet that felicitat- It is clear to see that light at the end of the tunnel the country. All our infrastruc- ed high achievers in India's Infrastructure is in since the new government has ture development will need the sector in a dazzling need of not just an over- unveiled new initiatives to long term and cost effective fi- function. haul, but an upgrade boost it, and I personally am nance, and through bond mar- The evening infrastruc- across the board. It is im- very bullish about the sector. kets and other innovative ture leaders meet also saw perative that both the The backdrop of India's schemes, we can unlock the Shri Shivraj Singh Government and Indus- growth has to be digital and infrastructure sector and help Chouhan (Hon’ble Chief try redress it at the physical, and this growth has us achieve our potential as a Minister of Madhya earliest if we are to fulfill a multiplier effect on the nation. Pradesh), GM Rao (Chair- our full potential as an man, GMR Group), S B Na- economic yar (CMD, IIFCL), Hari superpower PRAKASH JAVADEKAR > Shri Shivraj Singh Chouhan (Hon’ble Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh) is felicitated by Shri Prakash Javadekar (Hon’ble Minister for Environments, Sankaran (Group Vice of the (Hon'ble Minister for Environments, Forests & Climate Change) Forests & Climate Change) at the evening gala function for the achievements of the state of Madhya Pradesh in growing its infrastructure Chairman & MD, IL&FS) future. TALKS OF HOW INFRASTRUCTURE AND THE proval mechanisms ndia is the single balance between urban ENVIRONMENT CAN DOVETAIL FOR THE GREATER through standardized, largest democracy in development and appro- GOOD transparent processes. We I the world, a nation re- priate infrastructural f you want to know the blocked, and we have want to provide ease of plete with resources and growth. Iprogress of a country, tried to remove speed- doing business. harboring dreams of keep- The need for this is all just see its infrastructure. A breakers to development At the same time, the ing pace with the latest the more pressing when President of the U.S.A. work that comes to my decisions should not be and greatest that the one takes into considera- once said that that, "Amer- ministry. Through e-Gover- discretionary. They should world has to offer. Every- tion that India’s urban ica does not have great nance, we brought the ap- be based on standardized thing comes back to infra- population is second only roads because it is rich, it plication process online to norms. We have to delete structure though, and to China’s and will only is rich because it has great allow applicants to track the word delay and insti- without building the infra- continue to grow, with ex- roads. Infrastructure cre- the status of their applica- tute predictable policy structure to match, all of perts estimating that it ates jobs and facilitates tion. We have cleared based governance. We ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● those dreams will be that will double in the GM RAO, S B NAYAR, HARI SANKARAN, VINAYAK CHATTERJEE, overall growth. more than 2400 projects must reduce time to get much harder to achieve. It decades to come. The Chairman, GMR Group CMD, IIFCL Group Vice Chairman & MD, Chairman, Feedback Infra Most infrastructure in this way and we want clearances for growing our is thus essential to strike a scale and potential is IL&FS projects were road- to do policy based ap- nation..

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