<div>Business groups such as Reliance, Adani and government-owned entities have promised investments of nearly Rs 6.89 lakh crore in Madhya Pradesh at the Global Investors Summit, which drew to a close in Indore on Friday.</div><div> </div><div> </div><div>"Expressions of Interest (EOIs) by investors have touched Rs 6.89 lakh crore. I will not let it go at any cost. Within a month our team will get in touch with all of them who have shown investment interest. We have decided to attach one officer each with all serious investors," the state's Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan told reporters.</div><div> </div><div> </div><div>Union Minister for Chemicals and Fertilizer Ananth Kumar announced that the Centre will set up a Petroleum, Chemicals and Petrochemicals Investment Region (PCPIR) at a cost of Rs 1 lakh crore near the Bina petroleum refinery in Madhya Pradesh.</div><div> </div><div>The state government received more than 3,160 EOIs in this year's summit. The next Global Investors Summit will be held from October 19 to 21 in 2016, the chief minister said.</div><div> </div><div>The government claimed that investment worth over Rs 1.82 lakh crore were received after the last summit in 2012.</div><div> </div><div>Chouhan said he will meet investors every Monday with the aim of making his state business-friendly.</div><div> </div><div>The Madya Pradesh government in a statement said public sector undertakings (PSUs) have also shown interest in the state.</div><div> </div><div>Their proposals include NTPC's Rs 24,000 crore in power plant project. Steel major SAIL has committed Rs 13,500 crore; Rs 22,000 crore in petroleum sector by BORL (Bharat Oman Refinery Ltd), Rs 12,000 crore in fertiliser plant by NFL and Rs 28,000 crore in mining segment by NMDC and NALCO.</div><div> </div><div>The Chief Minister said the state government did not talk about 'Memorandum of Understanding' with interested investors, but rather presented Madhya Pradesh as a brand and good investment destination.</div><div> </div><div>The chemicals and fertilizer minister said he had two meetings with Petroleum Minister Dharmendra Pradhan and Chouhan about the petrochemicals complex.</div><div> </div><div>"The PCPIR project cost will be Rs 1 lakh crore," Kumar said.</div><div> </div><div>Union Minister for Steel, Mines and Employment Narendra Singh Tomar said NMDC and NALCO will set up a thermal power plant in Madhya Pradesh at a cost of Rs 22,000 crore once the issues following cancellation of coal mines by the Supreme Court are resolved and the two state owned firms get coal mines.</div><div> </div><div>Power and Coal Minister Piyush Goyal said state run NTPC has signed a EOI for setting up a 750 MW solar based power plant in the state.</div><div> </div><div>He said if the state government would provide land, Coal India too would invest in setting up a 1,500 MW solar plant.</div><div> </div><div>"Together the two are ready to invest Rs 20-22,000 crore" in the power sector, Goyal added.</div><div> </div><div><span style="line-height: 1.4;">He said tenders would be issued in 2-3 months for two more power projects of NTPC in the state. The plants are proposed at khargaon (1320 MW) and Bareli, (2640 MW) in the state.</span></div><div> </div><div>J.P. Gaur of diversified firm Jaiprakash Associates promised an investment of Rs 35,000 crore and also offered to develop Rewa as a smart city.</div><div> </div><div>Ambani brothers -- Mukesh and Anil -- pledged an investment of Rs 50,000 crore, Gautam Adani of Adani Group announced Rs 20,000 crore, followed by Suzlon's Tulsi Tanti Rs 15,000 crore.</div><div> </div><div>Industrialists who announced their investment plans include Welspun's Sindoor Mittal (Rs 5,000 crore), Essar group's Shashi Ruia (Rs 4,000 crore) and Future Group's Kishore Biyani (Rs 2,000 crore) and Symbiosis open education society (Rs 200 crore).</div><div> </div><div>Many industry bigwigs, including Tata Group's Cyrus Mistry, Aditya Birla Group's Kumar Mangalam Birla, ITC's Y.C. Deveshwar, Larsen & Toubro's A.M. Naik and Godrej Group's Adi Godrej attended the summit, which attracted 4,600 delegates.</div><div> </div><div>(Agencies)</div>
