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Old August 23rd, 2012, 03:56 PM   #101
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Good job by Govt. Today I saw this advertisement at TOI, Mumbai edition.
Now thats good news...I'll keep a lookout for Bangalore.
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Now thats good news...I'll keep a lookout for Bangalore.
This is from PS blog:

Financial Hub Re-launched from Vigyan Bhavan Delhi
The meeting for International Financial Hub at New Town, Kolkata was held a while ago at Vigyan Bhavan Hall 2. Saugata Roy, Union MoS (UD), Firhad Hakim MIC (UD & MA) GoWB, Sudhir Krishna Secretary UD GoI, A Singhvi Joint Secretary, Bhaskar Khulbe Pr RC WB, Asutosh Joshi Director UD GoI, ILFS, SBI, Allahabad Bank, RBI, UBI, UCO, National Insurance, SREI, IPE, SIDBI, DHFL and many others attended.
Secy Krishna gave the welcome speech. He said hat planned urbanisation needs support.
Union MoS (UD) inaugurated the seminar and gave the inaugural speech. He explained that the joint meeting was a part of Govt of India's policy of supporting satellite townships to decongest mega cities.
I gave a powerpoint presentation and a video clip of New Town. It seemed to have been received well. I requested minister Hakim that we may hold more road shows - in Mumbai and other places. I poited out that the Centre of Gravity of the World's Finances were moving towards the East (China-India) and Kolkata was emerging as one of the top three financial destinations of India as per McKenzie Report (June 2012). My proposition was : Cluster Banking + Look East Policy = Financial Hub in New Kolkata.
Here is the country-wide advertisement that we released today (I checked up Hindustan Times, Economic Times and Times of India here in Delhi):
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Old August 23rd, 2012, 05:35 PM   #103
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I guess some of the credit of this initiatives should go to anan355 of SSC!!! I guess he is the "Abhishek" in Debashish Sen's blog....and he flooded the blog with his messages and requesting Mr. Sen to market KIFC on a pan india basis..and even abroad..atleast pan india initiative has started...let's wait for the result

anan355 correct me if I am wrong!!!
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Hope it get's much more response than before.
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Old August 23rd, 2012, 06:06 PM   #105
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Hope it get's much more response than before.
we have like 2 months of time (eoi last date is somewhere in oct)..also depends on overall investment climate particularly financials...hope for the best..
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Old August 23rd, 2012, 09:08 PM   #106
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we have like 2 months of time (eoi last date is somewhere in oct)..also depends on overall investment climate particularly financials...hope for the best..
During these two months the UD should improve the infra facility of the area like building roads and providing street lamps. Beautification can be done later. Also lands should be reserved for hotels. Even if 10 companies show interest, it would be more than enough to start with. Once positive vibes starts pouring in for this project, companies would turn up one by one. Also, focus should be made on attracting foreign banks. For eg: Citi, Stan chart, Barclays, DBS, AmEx & RBS, as they dont have presence in our city. Though Citi n Stan chart have offices in Kol, but they are not so big.
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Bengal needs some good lobbyists who are close to Mamata as well as close to Sonia and the industry leaders. There is no reason why public sector banks cannot set up modern towers in this zone. Come to think of it none of the Indian banks have striking skyscrapers that represent their aspirations. At best they have some nice midrise buildings in BKC [bad luck for skyscraper fans of India as BKC is too near the airport]. The East is calling. There is a lot of potential in the East. Come build some glass and steel modern towers and turn the heads of the world.
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Bengal needs some good lobbyists who are close to Mamata as well as close to Sonia and the industry leaders. There is no reason why public sector banks cannot set up modern towers in this zone. Come to think of it none of the Indian banks have striking skyscrapers that represent their aspirations. At best they have some nice midrise buildings in BKC [bad luck for skyscraper fans of India as BKC is too near the airport]. The East is calling. There is a lot of potential in the East. Come build some glass and steel modern towers and turn the heads of the world.
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Old August 23rd, 2012, 10:29 PM   #109
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Bengal needs some good lobbyists who are close to Mamata as well as close to Sonia and the industry leaders. There is no reason why public sector banks cannot set up modern towers in this zone. Come to think of it none of the Indian banks have striking skyscrapers that represent their aspirations. At best they have some nice midrise buildings in BKC [bad luck for skyscraper fans of India as BKC is too near the airport]. The East is calling. There is a lot of potential in the East. Come build some glass and steel modern towers and turn the heads of the world.
I kinda like the ICICI tower but heard they are pulling it down
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Bengal needs some good lobbyists who are close to Mamata as well as close to Sonia and the industry leaders. There is no reason why public sector banks cannot set up modern towers in this zone. Come to think of it none of the Indian banks have striking skyscrapers that represent their aspirations. At best they have some nice midrise buildings in BKC [bad luck for skyscraper fans of India as BKC is too near the airport]. The East is calling. There is a lot of potential in the East. Come build some glass and steel modern towers and turn the heads of the world.
tomake Vigyan Bhawan e thaka uchit chilo, for inspiring the bandh wala morons
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I kinda like the ICICI tower but heard they are pulling it down
...but why???
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মহারাষ্ট্রের বান্দ্রা কুরলার পরে পশ্চিমবঙ্গের রাজারহাট নিউটাউন। কলকাতার উপকণ্ঠে দেশের দ্বিতীয় আন্তর্জাতিক অর্থতালুক (ফিন্যান্সিয়াল হাব) গড়া নিয়ে আরও এক ধাপ এগোল কেন্দ্র।
রাজ্যের অর্থনীতিকে চাঙ্গা করতে রাজারহাট নিউটাউনে যে আন্তর্জাতিক অর্থতালুক গড়ার সিদ্ধান্ত হয়েছে, সেই পরিকল্পনাকে বাস্তবায়িত করতে দিল্লিতে দেশের প্রথম সারির সরকারি-বেসরকারি ব্যাঙ্ক, বিমা, শেয়ার বাজার ও বাণিজ্যিক সংস্থার প্রতিনিধিদের সঙ্গে আজ বৈঠকে বসেন রাজ্যের পুর ও নগরোন্নয়ন মন্ত্রী ফিরহাদ হাকিম ও হিডকোর সিএমডি দেবাশিস সেন। বৈঠকে উপস্থিত ছিলেন ১৯টি ব্যাঙ্ক-সহ বিভিন্ন আর্থিক সংস্থার মোট ৫৬ জন প্রতিনিধি।
বৈঠকের পরে ফিরহাদ হাকিম বলেন, “আজ ইলাহাবাদ, স্টেট ব্যাঙ্ক, ইউনাইটেড ব্যাঙ্কের প্রতিনিধিরা ওই অর্থতালুকে জমি নেওয়ার বিষয়ে আগ্রহ প্রকাশ করেছেন। এঁরা ছাড়াও বেশ কিছু বেসরকারি ব্যাঙ্কও আশ্বাস দিয়েছে, তারা তাদের শীর্ষ কর্তৃপক্ষের সঙ্গে আলোচনা করে অবিলম্বে বিষয়টি চূড়ান্ত করবে।” ওই এলাকায় নিজেদের দফতর সরিয়ে নিয়ে যেতে আগ্রহ দেখিয়েছেন স্টক এক্সচেঞ্জ বা শেয়ার বাজার কর্তৃপক্ষও।
প্রাথমিক পর্যায়ে ২৫ একর জমিতে ওই অর্থতালুক গড়ে তোলার সিদ্ধান্ত নিয়েছে রাজ্য। পরে চাহিদা অনুযায়ী এর এলাকা বাড়িয়ে ৫০ থেকে ৭০ একর করার পরিকল্পনা রয়েছে। রাজ্য সরকার আশা করছে, আগামী ৩১ অক্টোবরের মধ্যে প্রথম পর্যায়ের কাজ শুরু করা সম্ভব হবে। ওই অর্থতালুকের বিপণনে মুম্বই পাড়ি দেওয়ার পরিকল্পনাও রয়েছে ফিরহাদের। রাজ্য সরকার সূত্রে বলা হয়েছে, কেন্দ্রের ‘পুবে তাকাও’ নীতির পরিপ্রেক্ষিতে কলকাতায় ওই আন্তর্জাতিক মানের অর্থতালুক গঠনের প্রয়োজনীয়তা রয়েছে। এর ফলে দক্ষিণ-পূর্ব এশিয়ার দেশগুলির সঙ্গে বাণিজ্য বাড়াতে সক্ষম হবে ভারত। রাজ্য মনে করছে, এতে কলকাতা-সহ গোটা পূর্ব ভারতের সামগ্রিক আর্থিক উন্নতি হবে। কর্মসংস্থানের সুযোগ বাড়বে। রাজস্ব খাতে রাজ্য সরকারের আয়ও বাড়বে।
রাজ্যের অর্থনীতি চাঙ্গা করা ছাড়াও এই হাব গঠনের অন্য একটি উদ্দেশ্যও রয়েছে। কলকাতা শহরের উপরে চাপ কমাতে চাইছে কেন্দ্রীয় নগরোন্নয়ন মন্ত্রক। তাই অর্থতালুক গঠনের ক্ষেত্রে তারা নিকাশি থেকে জল সরবরাহের মতো যাবতীয় বুনিয়াদী পরিকাঠামোয় সাহায্যের হাত বাড়িয়ে দিচ্ছে। মন্ত্রক সূত্রে জানানো হয়েছে, এই বুনিয়াদী পরিকাঠামো জেএনএনইউআরএম প্রকল্পের মাধ্যমে গড়ে তোলা হবে।
প্রাথমিক ভাবে কলকাতা ছাড়াও ভারতের সাতটি শহরে এই ধরনের পরিবেশবান্ধব উপনগরী গড়ার জন্য ‘আরবান ইনফ্রাস্ট্রাকচার ডেভেলপমেন্ট ইন স্যাটেলাইট টাউনস’ নামে একটি প্রকল্প চালু করেছে মন্ত্রক। আজ বৈঠকে উপস্থিত নগরোন্নয়ন মন্ত্রকের প্রতিমন্ত্রী সৌগত রায় বলেন, “কলকাতার মতো দেশের বড় শহরগুলিকে চাপ মুক্ত করার পরিকল্পনা নিয়েছে নগরোন্নয়ন মন্ত্রক। সেই পরিকল্পনা অনুযায়ীই পরিবেশবান্ধব নিউটাউনে বিভিন্ন ব্যাঙ্ক ও আর্থিক সংস্থার দফতরগুলিকে নিয়ে যাওয়ার জন্য আজকের বৈঠকে প্রস্তাব দেওয়া হয়েছে।”
Trnslatn: Alahabad bank, United Bank and SBI has shown interest on the land and few pvt banks will have discussion about this asap. CSE will shift their office to KIFC. KMDA will look after the Infra of this area. Other than Kolkata 7 more cities will get a satellite township.
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This means we'll soon see some Global gaints in Financial Hub like JP Morgan CHASE,Industrial & Commercial Bank of China (ICBC),Morgan Stanley,Merrill Lynch,Scotiabank,Goldman Sachs Group,UBS,ANZ Banking,Wells Fargo & Co

Madan Mitra & Firhad Hakim will sit in bilateral Business talks with the Delegates of these Banks.

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This means we'll soon see some Global gaints in Financial Hub like JP Morgan CHASE,Industrial & Commercial Bank of China (ICBC),Morgan Stanley,Merrill Lynch,Scotiabank,Goldman Sachs Group,UBS,ANZ Banking,Wells Fargo & Co
1st let the small ones come up, JP Morgan, Goldman Sachs is a far away. tabe era ele valo hoy.


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Hakim still ok..but Madan...ahem...Madan'r sathe bosha mane asor e bosha....
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Hakim still ok..but Madan...ahem...Madan'r sathe bosha mane asor e bosha....
Madan holo Noborotno shobhar bidushak...o na hole thik jombe na. Hakim hasn't done anything worthwhile yet...he is still to come out of the shadows of his almighty Didi.
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As per the artical a 30 floors building is coming up at this NewTown CBD. That's great.
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During these two months the UD should improve the infra facility of the area like building roads and providing street lamps. Beautification can be done later. Also lands should be reserved for hotels. Even if 10 companies show interest, it would be more than enough to start with. Once positive vibes starts pouring in for this project, companies would turn up one by one. Also, focus should be made on attracting foreign banks. For eg: Citi, Stan chart, Barclays, DBS, AmEx & RBS, as they dont have presence in our city. Though Citi n Stan chart have offices in Kol, but they are not so big.
Westin is coming up at this CBD only. Marriott Courtyard is also U/C. CBD main road is almost finishing. And MAR is there. So I guess enough infrastructure is their build up the Finance Hub. Only govt needs Investors.
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Trnslatn: Alahabad bank, United Bank and SBI has shown interest on the land and few pvt banks will have discussion about this asap. CSE will shift their office to KIFC. KMDA will look after the Infra of this area. Other than Kolkata 7 more cities will get a satellite township.
That's good news, I hope the interest shown by the banks are pursued by the govt. so that it materializes. It would be great if MNCs set up shop here. Once a few orgs. start, more will follow.
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Westin is coming up at this CBD only. Marriott Courtyard is also U/C. CBD main road is almost finishing. And MAR is there. So I guess enough infrastructure is their build up the Finance Hub. Only govt needs Investors.
hmmm...but just by getting invetsors wont do much, until and unles they build a building and start operating from there, else it would be a big KLPD for the Govt.
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