RANCHI, July 9 -- Stressing the need for the state machinery to work with fixed deadlines, Jharkhand chief minister Hemant Soren on Thursday directed officials to execute the ideas and agreements reached with industry partners on the ground in a time-bound manner to achieve the state's developmental goals.

The chief minister was addressing the industry leaders at the conclusion of the two-day National Stakeholders Consultations in the national capital, after signing 12 Memorandums of Understanding (MoUs) with industry partners worth Rs.87,000 crore in the fields of industry, tourism, and information technology.

"We have a vision and we have presented it on the national and global platforms. Those ideas have now started taking shape. Hav...