Port City Colombo bets on India for $3-billion push
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- ✓Port City Colombo is attracting over $3 billion in Indian investments by 2030 across technology, logistics, tourism, and healthcare.
- ✓Chairman Harsha Amarasekara said, "We have already secured $1.2 billion so far in terms of the investment." The project aims to position Colombo as a key regional hub for many Indian companies.
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Port City Colombo (PCC) is attracting over $3 billion in Indian investments by 2030 across technology, logistics, tourism, and healthcare, positioning itself as Sri Lanka's premier multi-services Special Economic Zone.
The India-plus-one pitch is aimed at Indian technology companies and global capability centres (GCCs) looking to diversify their operations and establish business-continuity centres, while positioning Colombo as an alternative regional hub for their businesses.
"We have already secured $1.2 billion so far in terms of the investment. We have a further plan up to 2030 of over $3 billion in terms of the investment magnitude," Harsha Amarasekara PC, chairman of the Colombo Port City Economic Commission, said at a media event here on Wednesday. "We have identified certain investments that we hope India will have a larger share."
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