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Cameron pushes India development corridor
Published in The Saudi Gazette on 19 - 02 - 2013

MUMBAI — British Prime Minister David Cameron said on Monday he wanted his country's companies to help India develop new cities and districts along a 1,000 km (600 mile) corridor between Mumbai and Bangalore, generating investment projects worth up to $25 billion.
Cameron also called on India to further open up to foreign investment and loosen regulations that hamper businesses.
Kicking off a three-day visit to India with the largest trade delegation taken abroad by a British prime minister, Cameron said he wanted British firms to work with the Indian and British governments to develop nine districts to link Mumbai, India's financial capital, with Bangalore, its tech hub.
“With me I've got architects, planners and finance experts who can work out the complete solution,” he told an audience of business people and workers at Hindustan Unilever Limited.
“It would unleash India's potential along the 1,000 km from Mumbai to Bangalore, transforming lives and putting British businesses in prime position to secure valuable commercial deals.”
India should open up its markets to allow foreign direct investment in hitherto closed sectors, he added.
The first phase of the project would involve investment in physical infrastructure, such as transport networks, telecommunications and power generation. Later construction would concentrate on social infrastructure such as welfare and education.
India has pushed the building of giant development “corridors” to accelerate the growth of its manufacturing base, which has lagged behind its IT and services industry.
The government has also planned to build 24 new industrial cities along a 1,483 km (920 mile) railway line between New Delhi and Mumbai with Japanese funding, but the project has progressed slowly.
Cameron's office said British and Indian officials had been working with business representatives from the two countries on the Mumbai-Bangalore project since last year and had produced an initial assessment of its scale and potential.
The British government would be willing to co-fund a feasibility study, on a match funding basis, with the Indian government costing up to 1 million pounds ($1.55 million).
By 2030, if realized, the project could generate close to half a million jobs, while indirect jobs could bring the total in the region to two million, Cameron's office said.
“Our initial scoping work suggests that accommodating the 3-4 million people attracted to each of the new cities would require close to 1 million new homes, up to 120 schools, 10 colleges and hospitals,” the office said.
Cameron called on India to further open up to foreign investment and loosen regulations that hamper businesses, saying Monday that the countries' “special relationship” could blossom into a powerful economic partnership.
“One of the cases we are going to make this week is that we hope the Indian government will continue with the brilliant work that it has begun to open up the Indian economy, to take down the barriers and to make it easier to do business here,” Cameron told Indian and British business leaders at a conference.
Late last year, India announced it would allow more foreign investment in retail stores and aviation, but investors are watching to see how soon the reforms take effect. — Agencies


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