Union Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Minister Narendra Singh Tomar on Thursday said that Madhya Pradesh is rapidly headed towards development and is moving forward in every field, that is why renowned industrialists of the country participated in the Global Investors Summit - 2023, as well as representatives of 84 countries also participated in it.
While addressing the summit Tomar said, "There was a time when there used to be only a few factories and a handful of industrialists in MP. Before the year 2003, a person working in the industrial sector was so disillusioned that he wondered if he wanted to work further, he would have to migrate to another state."
There were changes in the standard of living of the poor, they were not ignored.
The state government has been engaged in making the state move forward in the field of industry and agriculture growth and the state is playing a leading role in every field, he added.
He further said that in the field of agriculture, no state has ever received the Krishi Karman Award seven consecutive times and MP has earned this distinction.
Apart from this, whether it is the work of providing houses to the poor, expansion of road network, digital activity, agriculture infrastructure etc, the state has emerged as the first prize winner. In the country's GDP also, MP has a huge share.