Jammu/New Delhi (NVI): Business chamber ASSOCHAM has opened its office at Jammu, with a commitment to partner the government in launch of investment initiatives in the newly-created Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir.
Inaugurating the ASSOCHAM’s J&K office, Lt Governor G C Murmu said his government is keen to organise high-level investment summits on industry and tourism.
He said these global conferences would be organised in close partnership with the industry and asked the ASSOCHAM to be a key partner in reaching out to investors.
Exhorting the industry to look for greater investment opportunities in J&K, Murmu lauded ASSOCHAM’s initiative to open its Jammu office and said all out efforts would be made to ensure a grand success of the planned industry and investment summits.
He said youth of J&K are quite enthusiastic about different Start-Up initiatives of the government in partnership with industry organisations.
In his welcome address, ASSOCHAM President B.K. Goenka said, “During our recent interactions with the Prime Minister, it was very evident that development and employment generation in Jammu & Kashmir is the top agenda among his priorities. In fact, he had asked us what we were doing in Jammu & Kashmir.”
Goenka said that soon after the re-organisation of Jammu & Kashmir in August, the Prime Minister had given a clarion call to the industry to extend its presence in Jammu & Kashmir, a statement issued by ASSOCHAM said.
”It is his belief that the enhanced presence of industry would pave the way for private investment and lead to employment generation and development of Jammu & Kashmir. We at ASSOCHAM believe this is certainly doable,” Goenka added.
