Bhopal: Industry Minister Kailash Vijayvargiya has hoped that in the times of global recession the strategic initiative of Madhya Pradesh government for promoting investments in agriculture and food processing sector will yield good results and capital investments in Madhya Pradesh will increase. Vijayvargiya is on the tour of Japan along with a delegation of Madhya Pradesh these days. Japan is the last leg of the delegation's tour of three foreign countries. The delegation will depart from Japan for India on Wednesday, November 11. Vijayvargiya will reach Mumbai on Wednesday night and arrive at Indore on the next morning.
A dinner was hosted at the Indian embassy in Japan in honour of the delegation on Monday which was attended by distinguished Japanese people who are active in diverse fields. Addressing them, Vijayvargiya said that there are better possibilities of investment in Madhya Pradesh in agriculture and food processing sector and urged the enterprising Japanese industrialists and investors to take advantage of this opportunity. Vijayvargiya had reached Japanese capital Tokyo on Sunday along with the delegation. On Monday, the delegation held discussions with world-famous company Kikkoman Corporation's senior officers and managers and made a video presentation on the opportunities of profitable investments in Madhya Pradesh, the industrial scenario of the state and infrastructure development. During the discussions between soya sector industrialists of Madhya Pradesh and the Japanese company officials, possibilities of mutual trade were also identified. The company has evinced keen interest in industrial investment in Madhya Pradesh.
The Madhya Pradesh government has launched a campaign Destination Madhya Pradesh - Investment Drive Year 2009-10 for inviting investments in agriculture and food procession sector of the state. This is the maiden foreign visit of this delegation which aims at making foreign investors aware of the possibilities of investments in Madhya Pradesh as well as inviting them to NRI Meet to be held in Bhopal in January 2010 and Global Investors Summit to be organised at Indore in March 2010.