MUMBAI: On 2nd March 2021, Hon’ble Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi inaugurated ‘Maritime India Summit 2021’ through video conferencing. Minister of Transport of Denmark Mr Benny Englebrecht, Chief Ministers of Gujarat and Andhra Pradesh, Union Ministers Shri Dharmendra Pradhan and Shri Mansukh Mandaviya, Minister of State for Ports, Shipping & Waterways were present on the occasion.

Shri Rajiv Jalota, IAS, Chairman, Mumbai Port Trust was the Convenor of the session on “Investment Opportunities in Maharashtra”. Ample opportunities exist in Maharashtra and fruitful discussions took place with emphasis on Investments in Maharashtra. 

In his welcome address, Shri Mansukh Mandaviya said that the Maritime India Summit is one of the biggest virtual summits in the world, with the participation of more than 1.7 lakh registered participants from more than 100 nations. In this three-day summit, we will have ministers from 8 nations, more than 50 Global CEOs and more than 160 speakers which includes 115 International speakers from 24 nations.

Shri Mandaviya further assured all stakeholders in the sectors and investors from across the globe and said that Government of India is all geared up for facilitating and grounding the investments in the maritime sector and our role in the vision of ‘Aatmanirbhar Bharat’.

The key note address was delivered by the Chief Guest Shri Aslam Ramzan Ali Shaikh, Hon’ble Minister of Ports, Fisheries, Textiles, Government of Maharashtra when

Dr. Amit Saini, IAS, CEO, MMB, Dr. P. Anbalagan, IAS, CEO, MIDC, Shri Baldev Singh, IAS, Principal Secretary, (Industries) Government of Maharashtra and Smt. Valsa Nair Singh, IAS, Principal Secretary (Tourism) were also present.

Shri Unmesh Sharad Wagh, IRS, Dy. Chairman, JNPT was the co-convenor of the session.

In the wake of MIS 2021 MOUs worth Rs.28,000 crores were signed with various stakeholders.

Source:- dst.news