First CII Jharkhand virtual East India Summit to bring together six countries

Jamshedpur, Sep 26: The 1st ever East India Summit 2021 is scheduled from 28 September till 7 October. This is going to be a digital venture and will bring together a wide audience and participants from across the world. With the ferocity of the second Covid wave ebbing, alongside an increase in the pace of vaccination, the Indian economy seems to put the worst behind as leading indicators seems to suggest and set to consolidate the gains further as the country enters the festive quarter. The objective both for government and the industry remains to achieve double digit growth. 

The CII theme for 2021-22 is ‘Building India for a New World: Competitiveness, Growth, Sustainability, Technology.’ – which would essentially aim towards bringing the entire ecosystem work in partnership.  CII in the eastern region will be assimilating the national theme and dovetail it to focus on key growth areas that are critical for the growth in the region. Keeping this in mind, CII would be focusing on integrating the growth potential of the 5 states comprising Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Odisha and West Bengal and channelize the strengths of the region towards “Building Eastern India” through integrating the 5 “I”s – Image, Innovation, Infrastructure, Investment and Inclusiveness. 

In the build up to the East India Summit, CII  looked at the overall development of Eastern India, and focused on the North Eastern Region, as a major growth area for the Nation. There has been an enormous traction and interest from the States of Assam, Nagaland, Mizoram and Tripura. To bring a Global focus in the East CII will work on building a new image – an image that would place it as a location for growth, industry connect, investment, ease-of-doing-business and connectivity. We are looking to position the region by tackling the key parameters of creating awareness; centre/state relations and set in motion the business cycle for creating a strong ecosystem as the hub of future entrepreneurs. 

The brand building process would be undertaken through a stronger and effective media management through channels. The EAST INDIA SUMMIT is a major step towards this. The Summit will help in positioning the east and north east as the potential destination for investments and doing business in infrastructure. The EAST INDIA SUMMIT Creating a Sustainable Infrastructure Roadmap for East & North East India – Linking Global Investments with Special focus:  Port, Railways, Aviation & Future Mobility will focus on the opportunities available and the solutions that are on offer for enhancing cooperation in the critical areas like civil aviation including the development of cargo and MRO facilities; ports infrastructure development; railway linkages; future mobility and bring about a collaborative capacity for the federal economy of the East and the North Eastern States to blossom Important countries such as Australia, France, Japan and the UK have agreed to be Country Partners for the initiative. Multilateral agencies like ADB, JAICA, AIIB, World Bank, USAID and various chambers of commerce and trade are also invited to be present at the Summit to understand the scope of infrastructure within the states in the East and the North East.