8th Madhya Pradesh Global Investor Summit concludes in Bhopal

The 8th Madhya Pradesh Global Investor Summit concluded at Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh on 25th February 2025. The two-day 8th Madhya Pradesh Global Investor Summit was held on 24-25th February 2025 at the Indira Gandhi Rashtriya Manav Sangrahalaya in Bhopal.

The Global Investor Summit is a biennial event organised by the Madhya Pradesh government to showcase the investment potential of  the state  to the domestic and foreign investors.

About 60 countries' representatives, policy makers, prominent Indian industrial houses and other business groups attended the Summit meeting.

Who Inaugurated the  8th Madhya Pradesh Global Investor Summit 2025?

The  8th Madhya Pradesh Global Investor Summit was inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 24 February 2025. Prime Minister Narendra said that Madhya Pradesh, which was once considered a BIMARU state, is now one of the leading states in India in the field of agriculture, automobile and electric vehicles, etc.

What is BIMARU State?

The ‘BIMARU’ term was coined by demographer Ashish Bose in the 1980s, including undivided Bihar, undivided Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh. 

• According to Bose, these states, which contributed to 40 per cent of the country’s population, were behind the Southern states in population control. 
• He argued that the continuous high growth in population in the states will negate the achievement in population control in other parts of the country.
• Later on, this term was used as a synonym with the Hindi word ‘Bimar or sick as these states exhibited low rates of economic growth and lagged in other social and human development indicators.

Who addressed the Valedictory session of the Global Investor Summit?

The valedictory session of the 8th Madhya Pradesh Global Investor Summit 2025 was addressed by the Union Minister for Home Affairs and Minister of Cooperation Amit Shah.

The Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh Mohan Yadav was also present.

Organiser of the 8th Madhya Pradesh Global Investor Summit

• The Madhya Pradesh Global Investor Summit 2025 was organised by the Department of Industrial Policy and Investment Promotion, Government of Madhya Pradesh.
• Department of Industrial Policy and Investment Promotion, is responsible for promotion of economic development in the State through industrialization and private capital investment.