Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate the 10th edition of Vibrant Gujarat Summit at Gandhinagar on January 10, 2022. He will address two important round-table conferences on day one of the three-day investors’ summit. The first will see the attendance of leaders of global financial institutions and in the second, the PM will address 15 Russian governors. The first batch of Vibrant Gujarat MoUs, worth Rs 24,185.22 crore, were signed Monday in the presence of Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel in Gandhinagar. “In comparison to the earlier nine editions, this will be little different. This is one of the biggest events to happen in Gujarat after Covid pandemic and will be held under the leadership of the Prime Minister. Secondly, despite having less time for preparations, this edition of the Vibrant Summit will be bigger than the previous summits,” said Rajiv Kumar Gupta, Additional Chief Secretary, Industries and Mines Department. The theme of the summit will be 'From Atmanirbhar Gujarat to Atmanirbhar Bharat'. Prime Minister Modi will inaugurate the Global Trade Show on January 10. He will chair a round-table of global financial institutions and will address another round-table of 15 Russian governors. Modi will inaugurate the summit thereafter at 2 pm. More than 28,500 MoUs are expected to be signed in the run up to the three-day event, said senior state government officials on Monday. On January 11, the focus of discussions will be the GatiShakti scheme, Make in India and on 13 Production Linked Investment (PLI) schemes. A big conference for MSMEs and a road show will be held on the day at Helipad Grounds, Gandhinagar. On the concluding day (January 12), discussions will focus on blockchain technologies and artificial intelligence. “A number of international and national businessmen will be attending the event,” he added. In the run-up to the summit, the state government will hold 10 pre-Vibrant Summit events from December 1. “International seminars and workshops will be held on topics including health, textiles, education and exports. These pre-Vibrant events will be held till January 9,” Gupta said. One of these events will focus on startups. “This will be the biggest such event to be held for startups in the country,” he said. The event is expected to be held at GIFT City. Signing of MOUs “Every Vibrant Summit has a tradition of signing MoUs. Our success rate of MoUs is more than 70 percent. This time, we will be signing important and big MoUs every week (on Mondays). This will continue till the Vibrant Summit event,” said Gupta. The official said that the ninth edition of the summit, held in 2018, saw 28,500 MoUs being inked. “The way both Government of India and Gujarat government are trying, it is our full faith that we will sign more MoUs than last edition,” he added. On Monday, the first batch of Vibrant Gujarat MoUs were signed in the presence of CM Bhupendra Patel. These 20 MoUs were worth Rs 24,185.22 crore and promised to create 36,925 new jobs. List of MoUs signed Company Project Investment (in Rs crore) Location Indo Asia Copper Ltd Copper smelter & Fertiliser complex 8,500 Rajula Kiri Industries MDI complex 2,900 Dahej GIDC Indian Oil Corp 5 projects 1,595 GIDC Colourtex India Pvt Ltd. Dyes and Dye intermediates 2,000 Saykha GIDC Meghmani Organics 9 projects 2,600 Dahej Gujarat to hold ‘Vibrant’ roadshows in Middle East and Europe The Gujarat government will organise ‘Vibrant Gujarat’ roadshows in more than seven countries, including those in the Middle East and Europe. The roadshows promoting the summit will be held throughout the month of December. “Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel will visit Dubai, Abu Dhabi and other cities in the Middle East tentatively on December 8-9. He will lead the roadshows and meet important businessmen and officials,” Rajiv Kumar Gupta, additional chief secretary, industries and mines department, said while addressing media persons. “One team is headed to the United States, another team is headed to Germany, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom and France. The third team is going to Japan,” he added. The Gujarat government will also hold six roadshows in different states across the country. “The first roadshow will be held in New Delhi on November 25 and will be chaired by Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel,” Gupta said. The second roadshow will be held at Mumbai on December 2. The government will also hold similar roadshows in cities like Lucknow, Chennai, Bengaluru and Hyderabad. “The ministers and secretaries from the state government will lead these roadshows,” he added. Talking about countries that will partner Gujarat for the Vibrant Gujarat summit, Gupta said, “We have informed 15-20 countries through diplomatic channels and many have confirmed. The number of partner countries will be more than the last time.” The official, however, did not reveal the names of the countries that have confirmed their participation in the summit. Over 16 countries had partnered Gujarat in the 2019 edition of the summit. However, both the US and the UK had backed out of the event in 2019. While the US said that it wanted to associate only with the Government of India, the UK had cited unsatisfactory commercial outcomes from past Vibrant Gujarat summits.
