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Huge investor interest in ‘Beyond Bengaluru’, we’re creating many more Bengalurus:...

Share FacebookTwitterWhatsAppPinterestLinkedinCopy URLTelegramEmailTumblrReddItPrintKoo NEW DELHI, Jan 20 : Asserting that there is a huge interest in Karnataka government’s ‘Beyond Bengaluru’ campaign, the state’s senior minister MB Patil on Tuesday said his government is developing several other cities to attract investment. Speaking to PTI during the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting, Patil said Karnataka is one of the most progressive states of the country, and the work started way back in the year 2000 under the leadership of the then chief minister SM Krishna, when Bengaluru was developed as the IT capital of the country. The minister recalled that the state has had a strong ecosystem since the pre-Independence era and has been home to iconic organisations like ISRO, Indian Institute of Science, BHEL, HAL and HMT.

Huge investor interest in ‘Beyond Bengaluru’, we’re creating many more Bengalurus:...

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  • “We are also pioneers in professional colleges, and until the last three decades, there were not many engineering colleges in other states in India,” he said.
  • “It is our state from where IT giants like Infosys and Wipro emerged.
  • And now, we are not just an IT capital, we are the biotechnology capital, the machine tools capital, the capital for aerospace and defence, and now the startup capital.” If one takes the global Fortune 500 companies, 400-plus Fortune companies have their base in Bangalore, he said.
  • “Here in Davos, we talk a lot about sustainability; we have an incentive for sustainability in our industrial policy.
  • For example, if your manufacturing is green, it has some unique initiatives, sustainable initiatives, and you get an incentive.
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