The seventh Bengal Global Business Summit (BGBS) is being attended by several hundred companies from 35 countries, with 17 of them as official partners, including the UK, the US, Australia, Korea, Japan, Germany and France.
Bengal is one of the fastest-growing economic powerhouses in the country. Its revenue has grown by four times, its total budget allocation has increased by 3.8 times and its capital expenditure has increased by nine times: Mamata Banerjee
Series of new policies announced by the chief minister, including plans to double the state’s exports, modernise its logistics infrastructure, promote manufacturing of renewable energy (bio-fuels).
Sub-sea cable landing station at the sea resort of Digha to be built to help improve internet connectivity in the eastern region: Mamata Banerjee
We are ready with the Tajpur deep sea port. It’s a project worth Rs 25,000 crore. I invite all to participate in the tender process: Mamata Banerjee
Kolkata houses one of the largest IT hubs in the country: Mamata Banerjee
The Durga Puja festival economy grossed over Rs 80,000 crore this year: Mamata Banerjee
Former India cricket skipper-turned-businessman Sourav Ganguly is the new brand ambassador of Bengal: Mamata Banerjee
Kolkata houses a large leather manufacturing complex which is being expanded to be the Asia’s biggest: Mamata Banerjee
The CM listed 12 “game-changing opportunities” the state has on offer.
Bengal’s economy is growing at 8.41 per cent and its GDP would touch USD 212 billion in the 2023-24 fiscal: Mamata Banerjee
The state was ranked sixth in terms of GDP among Indian states in a recent report by Forbes India: Mamata Banerjee
Four new industrial corridors—Dankuni to Kalyani, Tajpur port to Raghunathpur, Dankuni to Jhargram and Durgapur to Cooch Behar—will come up: Mamata Banerjee.
In the last six editions of BGBS, proposals amounting to USD 190 billion have been received, and of those, projects worth USD 121 billion have already been launched or are at various stages of implementation: Mamata Banerjee
Dankuni, eastern India’s largest logistics hub, already has 9 km of conveyor belts to carry goods to and from storage silos, said former finance minister and principal chief advisor Amit Mitra.
Reliance Industries has invested close to Rs 45,000 crore in the last few years in the state: Mukesh Ambani
We plan to invest an additional Rs 20,000 crore in Bengal in the next three years for enhancing digital life solutions, augmenting Reliance Retail footprint and on bio-energy: Mukesh Ambani
Reliance Foundation will also take up the task of renovating and restoring the iconic Kalighat Temple in Kolkata to regain its “original glory”: Mukesh Ambani
Through Reliance Foundation’s new initiative, Swadesh, we would like to promote local art and craft by opening up a training institute for budding artists with cooperation from the state government: Mukesh Ambani
Chairman of Narayana Health, Dr Devi Shetty, announced his company’s plans to build a super-specialty hospital in Kolkata at an investment of Rs 1000 crore, which would open up employment opportunities to 10,000 people, directly and indirectly.
Harsh Pati Singhania, MD, JK Papers and a native from the city, announced his “homecoming” of sorts by announcing the setting of a plant at the Vidyasagar Industrial Park in Kharagpur.
Rishad Premji, chairman of Wipro, confirmed the company’s Rs 200 crore investment for the upcoming second Wipro campus in Rajarhat.
RPG Group has invested Rs 25,000 crore in Bengal over the last few years: Sanjeev Goenka
The UK government released a roadmap for establishing an Intelligent Mobility Skill Centre (IMSC) in Bengal.
Through ASPIRE, a UK government project, NPTC Wales and Snap E, an electric taxi provider in Kolkata, will collaborate with the Bengal government in providing training to women to drive electric cabs. This initiative will empower women while contributing to air pollution reduction and emission mitigation.
Through its PACT (Partnering for Accelerated Climate Transition) programme, the British government is engaging with the state’s Department of Transport Corporation on the exchange of knowledge regarding strategies for accelerating the adoption of clean mobility, the statement added.
