Maharashtra Industries Minister Uday Samant announced that the largest diamond hub in the country is slated to be established in Navi Mumbai by the next year, with a policy framework already in place for its development. He made the announcement while speaking to reporters in Yavatmal district in Vidarbha region after a review meeting.
The country’s first diamond hub is coming up in Navi Mumbai. Its Detailed Project Report (DPR) and policy is ready. By next year, all of you will see that the biggest diamond hub of the country is in Navi Mumbai, he said.
He was responding to a query regarding Maharashtra Congress chief Nana Patole’s claim that Prime Minister Narendra Modi was in Maharashtra (on Thursday) to get some industries, including the diamond sector, to shift to neighbouring Gujarat.
In the last three years, Karnataka and Gujarat occupied the top spots in the industrial sector, but after the change in the government in the state, the industrialists got confidence that this government will stand by them, said Samant.