Haryana gets Rs 22,000 cr investment in 2 years

Saturday, March 17, 2007, 20:14 [IST]

Chandigarh, Mar 9 (UNI) An investment of Rs 22,000 crore has been made in Haryana during the past two years of the present government and an investment of Rs 53,000 crore is in the pipeline.

This was stated by Haryana Governor A R Kidwai while addressing the Budget Session of the State Assembly which began here today.

During this period, the state had also received Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) of Rs 1499 crore as against the total FDI of Rs 8100 crore received by the state since its inception, the Governor said.

''Today, Haryana has emerged as the most preferred destination as a result of the investor-friendly policies, better law and order situation and quality infrastructure available in the state,'' he said.

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