Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar will try and woo the local business community to invest in his state in sectors like food processing, pharmaceuticals, information technology, automobile and defence production while in Vancouver next week.
Khattar, who is leading a 19-member delegation of officials and businessmen on a 10-day trip to the US and Canada this week made a similar plea while participating in the India Independence Day Parade in New York.
The chief minister promised a conducive investment climate with ease-of-doing business and speedy decision-making for investors.
He said the new industrial policy recently announced by his government was pitching for small and medium enterprises and there was big scope to invest in these sectors.
The 10-day investment-seeking trip began August 16 will visit New York, Washington, San Francisco (in the US), Vancouver and Toronto (in Canada).
"It will hold deliberations with leading industrialists of the US and Canada and non-resident indians (NRIs). The objective would be to attract investment for Haryana," a spokesman said.
The state seeks investment in areas of food processing, Information Technology and IT Enabled Services (ITES), solar energy and renewable energy, mass rapid transport, skill development, defence production in aero space and defence equipment, electronics manufacturing, garments and textile, auto components, industrial parks, logistics, medical tourism, healthcare and pharma sectors.
"Apart from this, the delegation would also hold meetings with the US Indian Business Council (USIBC) and Canada India Business Council (CIBC)," the spokesman said.
This is the first foreign visit of Khattar after taking over as the first BJP chief minister in Haryana in October 2014.
The Canadian India Business Council will hold a private reception and a business round table discussion to help provide insights about opportunities in Haryana for Canadian companies will be held in Vancouver o August 21.