The Hindu Business Line : CII’s ‘Vision 2025’ workshop charts out focus areas for development

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Importance sought for organic farming and better marketing facilities for agriculture products.
‘Political crisis will hamper the growth of the region.’

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Mangalore, Nov. 6 Participants at the ‘Vision 2025’ workshop stressed the need to focus on quality education, better infrastructure and good agricultural practices for Karnataka’s development.

The ‘Vision 2025’ workshop, organised by the Confederation of Indian Industry (Southern Region), in association with Indian Institute of Management-Bangalore and Kanara Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KCCI), Mangalore, here on Tuesday, was an effort to formulate a State-specific vision for Karnataka.

Initiating the discussions at the workshop, Prof Rishikesha T. Krishnan, faculty from IIM, said that the vision for development of the State can be achieved with active participation from its people.

The Vision

Such vision exercises will provide a blue-print for the development activities in the State. The CII Southern Region aims to formulate a vision for every State in the south and has conducted similar workshops in Bangalore and Belgaum.

A participant in the workshop said that there is a need to improve the quality of education to meet the needs of the local and global markets, especially in emerging areas such as nano-technology and space technology, in addition to information technology and biotechnology.

Mr Lokseh Hegde from Puttur Chamber of Commerce emphasised the need for reforms in the agriculture sector. Supporting his views, other participants said that organic farming should be given importance and there is a need to provide better marketing facilities for agriculture products.

Many problems

Focusing on the need for better infrastructure facilities, Ms Aabha Ravindran, a participant, said that the poor condition of roads in and around Mangalore is the main reason for many other problems in the region. If steps are taken to solve this, other problems will be automatically solved.

Stressing on the significance for a better political situation in the State, Mr Raghuram Shenoy, Vice-President of Puttur Chamber of Commerce, said that each party should have a think-tank or advisory teams to plan developmental activities. He also felt that the political crisis will hamper the growth of the region.

Some of the participants said that industries should not be limited to certain places and should have equal presence across all parts. Representatives from trade and industry, NGOs, agricultural associations were present in the workshop.

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