KTR to visit Japan, S Korea on Jan 17

Industries and IT Minister KT Rama Rao will now embark on a similar mission to Japan and South Korea beginning January 17.

Rao, along with the Industries Department officials, will be pushing for Japanese investments in Pharma City, Textile Park and Plastic Park.The week-long trip would include meetings with top-notch Japanese industrialists and bureaucrats. The Minister will highlight the TS-iPASS and other



reforms brought in the industrial sector after the formation of the new State. A few Japanese companies have already entered into Memorandum of Understanding with neighbouring Andhra Pradesh to develop solar energy system and in other industries.

The five-member delegation is also scheduled to visit South Korea. Rao will explain the advantages that Telangana has and its emergence as an investment destination in the country.