<p>The Delhi government is keen to set up a Bureau of Investment and Enterprises to encourage investment like the successful experiment done in Rajasthan.<br /><br /></p>.<p>The bureau may be headed by Ashish Khetan who already is the vice-chairman of government thinktank Delhi Dialogue Commission.<br /><br />Sources said the proposed body would have an advisory role. It would help enhancing Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and his ministers to take quick decisions and execute projects.<br /><br />“A cabinet note for creating such a body has been prepared,” said a senior government functionary.<br />The Chief Minister has always stressed on the need for promoting the ease of doing business in the city. This also was a key buzz word in Finance Minister Manish Sisodia’s Budget speech. <br /><br />Sources said the Arvind Kejriwal government realised the need for encouraging investment it the city for creating jobs and the proposed bureau is going to work in that direction.<br /><br />“The idea behind the new body is to make Delhi attractive for investment and develop it as a business hub,” said an official.<br /><br />Experts from the corporate works may also be roped for the bureau’s governing body to help shape up an effective policy on public private partnership and forecast cost of projects.<br />The government’s principal secretaries from departments of finance, transport and education would also be part of the strategy team of the proposed bureau.<br /><br />Sources said the idea to create such a body struck Kejriwal after seeing the big push for investment in Rajasthan. Officials of the Delhi government studied the Rajasthan investment bureau and fined tuned it for the city.</p>
<p>The Delhi government is keen to set up a Bureau of Investment and Enterprises to encourage investment like the successful experiment done in Rajasthan.<br /><br /></p>.<p>The bureau may be headed by Ashish Khetan who already is the vice-chairman of government thinktank Delhi Dialogue Commission.<br /><br />Sources said the proposed body would have an advisory role. It would help enhancing Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and his ministers to take quick decisions and execute projects.<br /><br />“A cabinet note for creating such a body has been prepared,” said a senior government functionary.<br />The Chief Minister has always stressed on the need for promoting the ease of doing business in the city. This also was a key buzz word in Finance Minister Manish Sisodia’s Budget speech. <br /><br />Sources said the Arvind Kejriwal government realised the need for encouraging investment it the city for creating jobs and the proposed bureau is going to work in that direction.<br /><br />“The idea behind the new body is to make Delhi attractive for investment and develop it as a business hub,” said an official.<br /><br />Experts from the corporate works may also be roped for the bureau’s governing body to help shape up an effective policy on public private partnership and forecast cost of projects.<br />The government’s principal secretaries from departments of finance, transport and education would also be part of the strategy team of the proposed bureau.<br /><br />Sources said the idea to create such a body struck Kejriwal after seeing the big push for investment in Rajasthan. Officials of the Delhi government studied the Rajasthan investment bureau and fined tuned it for the city.</p>
