On the second day of his tour to Japan, Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu on Tuesday announced that a ‘Japan-Plus cell’ would be created for online clearance of proposals from Japanese firms.
Addressing the Osaka Chamber of Commerce and Industry and the Indian IT Forum at Kyoto, the Chief Minister declared that it would not only be a single-window clearance but single-desk clearance.
Observing that the Centre had already set up Japan-Plus desk, he said, “I too will have one at my office for faster clearances and approvals.”
At the IT Forum he said, “Japan is scouting for marketing and India is scouting for investments. This is a great opportunity for me to attract investments to A.P. We want to replicate Tokyo and Kyoto models of development in India and A.P”. Outlining the advantages of investing in A.P., he told Osaka Chamber of Commerce and Industry that the State with a 1,000 km coastline was poised to become the gateway of Southeast Asia and Asia. “We can send manufactured goods to countries like Malaysia, Singapore and China. We also aim to become a logistics hub by developing 14 ports,” Mr. Naidu added. Referring to a strong agriculture base and abundance of water, he invited Japanese firms to explore opportunities in the agri-processing industry.
Chairman of International Business Committee of Osaka Chamber of Commerce and Industry Masahi Hashimoto said Japanese firms were interested in India. Indian Ambassador to Japan Deepa Gopalan Wadhwa said India and Japan were very close now. “We are in a strategic relationship not only politically but also economically. Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Japan underlines how important Japan is to India. She recalled that Japanese PM Shinzo Abe had announced that there would be 35 trillion Japanese Yen investment in India.
“In a short time, we have two leaders from India who are the faces of economic reforms -- Mr. Modi and Mr. Naidu,” she said
