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Chhattisgarh has received investment proposals worth over Rs 6,800 crore across the industrial, energy, steel and tourism sectors at the ‘Investor Connect’ programme held in Delhi on Tuesday. The projects are expected to generate over 3,000 jobs in the coming years.
The ‘Investor Connect’ programme focused on new investment avenues in the steel and tourism sectors with Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Vishnu Deo Sai in attendance, alongside industry representatives and senior bureaucrats from Centre and the state.
The energy, steel and industrial sectors drew investment proposals worth Rs 6,321.25 crore. The tourism sector received Rs 505 crore in proposed investments including hotels, wellness resorts, adventure activities and an education hub.
In the energy sector, Noida-based Green Energy Innovation Private Ltd proposed a 50 MW Plazma assisted waste-to-energy plant worth Rs 3,769 crore, while Chandigarh’s RSLD Biofuel Private Ltd proposed Rs 200 crore for an ethanol plant. In the steel sector, New Delhi-based Aarti Coated Steel Private Ltd proposed an investment of Rs 315 crore for its project on coated steel tubes and pipes, and Kanpur’s SDRM Metallics Private Ltd proposed Rs 195.75 crore for a steel plant and captive power plant.
In the Industrial sector, Rajasthan’s JK Lakshmi Cement proposed over Rs 1,816.5 crore for capacity expansion projects of clinker and cement, and Raipur’s Armani Group of Industries proposed Rs 25 crore for manufacturing medical electronic equipment.
Chhattisgarh CM Sai said the state has received investment proposals worth around Rs 7.90 lakh crore since the new industrial policy came into force in November 2024, reflecting growing investor trust.
Work has also started on the ground for projects such as semiconductor plants and AI data centers, he added.
Inviting industry leaders to invest in the state, the Chhattisgarh CM assured full cooperation from the state government under various initiatives of the new industrial policy. Naxalism, which has long cast a shadow over the state, is gradually coming to an end and asserted that the state would be Naxal-free by March 2026, he added.
“Naxalism was a serious obstacle to the state’s development. But you are all aware that Naxalism’s backbone has been broken and the movement is now taking its last breath. After that, you can also invest in the tourism sector in Bastar,” he added.
