CHANDIGARH, Oct. 9 -- Haryana chief minister Nayab Singh Saini-led delegation to Japan on Wednesday secured investments worth Rs.3,000 crore from two major Japanese firms Kubota and Daikin, in a development that the state government described as a major step forward for industrial as well as agricultural growth in the state.

Japanese major Kubota Corporation announced an investment of Rs.2,000 crore in Haryana in collaboration with Escorts, while a memorandum of understanding (MoU) was signed in Osaka between the Haryana government and Japan's leading air-conditioning manufacturer Daikin Industries Limited, under which Daikin will invest Rs.1,000 crore to establish a new research and development (R&D) centre in the state.

Saini visited ...