Chief minister Hemant Soren will hold one-on-one interactions with over a dozen industrialists in Delhi on Friday, the first day of Jharkhand's two-day investment meet where the state government will formally unveil its new industrial policy.

According to details shared by the chief minister’s office, a round table discussion and one-on-one meetings will commence from 5.30pm on Friday and continue for about an hour. During this time, captains of eight industrial units, including top PSUs, are scheduled to interact with Hemant.

First, Tata Group chairman N. Chandrasekaran and his team, including Tata Steel MD T. V. Narendran, may be meeting the chief minister to discuss investment proposals. Other firms taking part in this session include Honda, Maruti Suzuki, Hyundai Motors, Dalmia Bharati Cement, NTPC, SAIL and Vedanta, as per the schedule shared by Hemant's office.

This apart, representatives of firms dealing in textile, automobile, energy and breweries were also likely to be present at an interaction with Hemant later in the evening from 7.40pm.

An official said that Day One will only have B2G (business to government) meetings followed by a networking dinner. “On Day Two, the summit will start from 11am,” he said.

The state cabinet cleared the policy titled, Jharkhand Industrial and Investment Promotion Policy (JIIPP) 2021, on July 6. It replaces the policy prepared by the former BJP government that was in power in the state between 2014-19. The Hemant government aims to attract investments up to Rs 1 lakh crore as per the new policy.

Some of the key focus areas of the government under the new investment policy is to promote business opportunities in textile and apparels, automobile, auto-components and electric vehicles, food and meat processing, pharma, electronic system design and manufacturing, tourism, health, IT & ITeS, education and technical institutes and other MSMEs.