Ahmedabad, 12 February 2013 "This is my third visit to this very vibrant state Gujarat in last eight months. Last time I came here to attend the Vibrant Gujarat summit 2013, and not 60, but as many as 100 Japanese companies had participated in that event and 17 MoUs were signed," Japan's Consul General in Mumbai Consulate Mr. Kiyoshi Asako said today in his speech after inaugurating the centre for Indo-Japanese Relations at Ahmedabad Management Association complex. Earlie...Read More

Calcutta, 16 January 2013 It is very clear that the Vibrant Gujarat Summit has turned out as the benchmark in the arena of investment summits in India. Therefore when West Bengal Chief Minister organized the second edition of 'Bengal leads' summit on Tuesday, every media house in Kolkata and beyond began an article on Bengal summit, with its comparison to the just concluded Vibrant Gujarat summit. Mamata was obviously not happy with it, and her speech reflected it. "The...Read More

Ahmedabad, 15 January 2013 Tata Housing announced a non-binding MoU of Rs 35 billion with the Government of Gujarat at the Vibrant Gujarat Summit in Gandhinagar, on Jan. 13, 2013. Commenting on the MoU with the Government of Gujarat, Brotin Banerjee, MD and CEO, Tata Housing, said, ``As part of our long term strategy, we are looking at creating homes in the emerging Tier I and Tier II cities. With Gujarat and specially Ahmedabad being one of India`s most desirable cities...Read More

Ahmedabad, 14 January 2013 Various companies have started making announcements in reference to their new initiatives finalized at recently concluded Vibrant Gujarat Global Investors Summit 2013. US packaging firm to invest $184 mn at Vapi The Richmond, Virginia, based packaging firm announced Monday it has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Gujarat government for the investment that includes the purchase of Vapi-based Ruby Macons Ltd.The company...Read More

Gandhinagar, 13 January, 2013 The Gujarat government clarified tonight that the 11-member Pakistani delegation participated in a pre-event buyer-seller meet here as per their scheduled programme. Refuting speculation that the Pakistani delegation was asked by the Gujarat government to cut short their visit because of increased hostilities at the Line of Control (LoC), Principal Secretary (Industries) Maheshwar Sahoo said that the they attended the pre-event meet as per th...Read More

Gandhinagar, 13 January, 2013 Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi was busy meeting top honchos of foreign delegations from developed as well as developing countries on the third day of the 6th Vibrant Gujarat Global Investors’ Summit-2013 here today. He held discussions with delegations from Sweden, Finland and Somalia. His meetings were also held with MNCs like Mitsubishi Corporation, Citi Corporation, Kansai Nerolac, Spirol and Nandan Jain Irrigation. ...Read More

Ahmedabad, 13 January 2013 Hitachi, Ltd. today announced that a consortium comprising Hitachi and Hyflux Ltd. (the 'Consortium') signed Water Purchase Agreement ('WPA') concerning water supply volume, price and other details with Dahej SEZ Ltd. ('DSL'), the management company of the Dahej Special Economic Zone ('Dahej SEZ') in Gujarat, the Republic of India ('India'), in relation to a seawater desalination project (the 'Project') in Dahej SEZ. Going forward, the Consortium in...Read More

Gandhinagar, 12 January 2013 Following are some of the important points taken from Gujarat Chief Minister Shri Narendra Modi's valedictory speech at the Vibrant Gujarat Global Investors Summit 2013 today: -Canadian representatives talked about need to upgrade the Canadian trade centre in Ahmedabad. Similarly the British envoy spoke about their plan to make British embassy chapter in Ahmedabad equivalent to Mumbai facility. -The Vibrant summit had also one seminar on aff...Read More

Gandhinagar, 12 January 2013 In the valedictory speech at the Vibrant Gujarat Summit 2013 at Mahatma Mandir in Gandhinagar, Gujarat Chief Minister Shri Narendra Modi announced a Memorandum of Understanding signed to set up an industry in Canada. Shri Modi said, "We have signed MoU with Canada, and for the first time our Gujarat's one company will go to Canada as multinational and will start an industry. This company will go to Canada, will meet the government there and will ...Read More

Gandhinagar, 12 January, 2013 Thai Airways International will start a direct flight on Ahmedabad-Bangkok route from April 1, Thailand’s Ambassador to India Pisan Manawapat said on Saturday. The Thai envoy said that this idea was proposed by the Gujarat government when in last May a meeting with the state government was held. He said Thai airways through its subsidiary will start the first flight connecting Ahmedabad to Thailand directly from 1st April. The travelers w...Read More