A record investment of Rs 1,547 crore has been received by Jammu and Kashmir in the current fiscal till January. The government expects investments to further increase in the next five years in various important sectors like manufacturing, services, healthcare and pharmaceuticals, agro-based industry, and tourism, including film and medical.

Japan based Sysmex Corporation is all set to expand its footprints in India. The company has expressed its desire to invest in the Medical Device Parks in Uttar Pradesh and are already in talks with the state government. Apart from Sysmex, a number of other Japanese companies have also shown interest in investing in UP and have also signed MoUs.

Gautam Adani’s group will invest over $150 billion across businesses ranging from green energy to data centres to airports and healthcare as it chases the dream to join the elite global club of companies with $1 trillion valuations.

The national capital will soon have 11 new hospitals that will add more than 10,000 beds to the health infrastructure of the city. With these new hospitals, 10,000-plus hospital beds will be added to the capital’s healthcare infrastructure.

Fortis Healthcare aims to add around 1,500 beds over the next five years to enhance its presence in existing locations.

Marengo Asia Healthcare, backed by Samara Capital, Havells Family Investment Office and Godrej Family Investment Office, plans to almost double the bed count upto 2500 beds by end of this year.

Wipro GE Healthcare has announced the launch of its new manufacturing facility in Bengaluru under the government’s Production Linked Incentive (PLI) Scheme. The new plant, Wipro GE Medical Device Manufacturing factory (MDM), is aligned with the National Agenda of ‘Atma Nirbhar Bharat’ and will further boost local manufacturing of medical devices in India The facility has been set up with an investment of over Rs 100 crore and will be a greenfield entity, the company said. A 35,000 sq ft facility, the MDM factory is set up for 24/7 operations for manufacturing CT machines, cath lab equipment, ultrasound scanners, patient monitoring solutions, ECG machines and ventilators. Azim Premji, Chairman, Wipro GE Healthcare and Chairman, Wipro Enterprises said, “India is on an accelerated growth path in gaining global prominence for medical devices manufacturing. Wipro GE Healthcare’s new factory, with support from the government’s Production Linked Incentive (PLI) Scheme, will aid the health ecosystem in India to realize its true potential in addressing local and global challenges for healthcare providers,”.

Siemens Healthcare awarded contract for e-3690 /hbpcl/pc/ 3 tesla MRI machine with turnkey and buy back /2021-22.

Aster will invest Rs 500 crore to set up healthcare facilities in Tamil Nadu. It has signed a memorandum of understanding with the Tamil Nadu government. The MoU proposes an investment of Rs 500 crore in hospitals, pharmacies, and laboratories in Tamil Nadu.