Haryana envisages a target investment of $50 billion in the next decade, which will generate employment opportunities for over one million people, said Haryana chief minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda.
Hooda was addressing the delegates at the national council meeting of the Confederation of Indian Industry at Gurgaon. Showcasing Haryana as an ideal investment destination, the chief minister said that as per the recently published database report by the Centre for monitoring Indian economy, Haryana was at the top among all the Indian states, with per capita investment at Rs 78,500 or more.
With just 1.37% of the country’s geographical area and 1.97% of the total population, the state on thursday had achieved the distinction of having the highest per capita income in the country, he added.
The chief minister said that Haryana had achieved a growth rate of 10% last year and the target for the 11th Five Year Plan had been kept at 11%. The plan outlay of Rs 6,400 crore for the financial year 2008-09 had been proposed, as compared to Rs 5,300 crore of current financial year, the chief minister added.