Anandiben Patel, CM, Gujarat meets Ananth Kumar, Minister for Chemicals & Fertilisers

Discusses various projects relating to the state

Anandiben Patel, Chief Minister, Gujarat recently met Ananth Kumar, Minister for Chemicals & Fertilisers, in New Delhi to discuss various projects relating to the state in the fields of chemicals, fertilizers and pharmaceuticals. It was decided that a joint working group of officials of the Ministry of Chemicals & Fertilisers and the state government will be formed to take forward various projects that are in the pipeline. They include developing a full-fledged campus for the National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education & Research (NIPER) at Ahmedabad, to further develop the Petroleum, Chemicals and Petrochemicals Investments Region (PCPIR)/SEZ at Dahej, where the ONGC Petro Additions Limited (OPaL) is already setting up a plant.

According to a PIB release, both the leaders expressed happiness that Gujarat is the only state which exceeded the targeted investments for the PCPIR and decided that they will further take it forward through downstream industries in the plastics sector also. The Central Institute for Plastics Engineering and Technology (CIPET) will be asked to take forward the plastics industries also in the state and some of the issues are to be discussed at the forthcoming Plast India Conference in February 2015.

Kumar said, “Gujarat had been a leading pharmaceutical producer and further steps are to be taken to expand the industry in this sector. It could also be explored for setting up of an exclusive Tech Park for medical devices. The issue of setting up of fertiliser plants in Gujarat under New Investment Policy of the Ministry also came for discussion.”