With the captains of Indian industry, including Reliance Industries boss Mukesh Ambani, JSW Group chairman Sajjan Jindal, Airtel chief Sunil Bharti Mittal, Niranjan Hiranandani and a galaxy of foreign delegates from the US, Germany, Korea, Japan and a host of European countries, Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday said West Bengal will be the new digital technology powerhouse of India.
Speaking at the inaugural session of the fourth Bengal Global Business Summit at the Biswa Bangla Convention Centre on the outskirts of Calcutta, Banerjee thanked Ambani for his commitment to enhance investment in the state.
Ambani said Reliance Industries' investment in Bengal has gone up from Rs 4,500 crore in 2016 to Rs 28,000 crore in 2018.
바카라Reliance can be trusted the most to fulfil the dreams of the people of Bengal to launch the digital revolution in Bengal, which has been a cradle of revolutions earlier, including the industrial revolution,바카라 he said.
바카라Bengal will become the cradle of a digital technology revolution바카라Reliance Jio will invest heavily in the state to make it a digital technology hub,바카라 he added.
바카라Within the next few years, every home in Bengal will be a smart home, connected through the next generation digital technology,바카라 Ambani further said.
Praising Banerjee for her developmental vision and her government바카라s policy of being industrial-friendly, Ambani said: 바카라With Mamata didi바카라s help we will ensure 100 per cent high-speed internet connectivity in Bengal by introducing the latest state of the art digital technology. Bengal has the most investor-friendly environment in the country.바카라
With major investment in the state, JSW Group chairman Sajjan Jindal too pledged a further investment of Rs. 6,000 crore in Bengal.
바카라Kolkata has a special place in my heart. Besides being born in the city and married to a Kolkata girl바카라Sangita바카라 Kolkata and the people of Bengal have a loving characteristic unlike any other cities in the country,바카라 he said.
Expressing his Kolkata connect, Jindal, who heads a 13 million dollar conglomerate, said: 바카라Sangita, who has been closely working with the Bengal government바카라s Kanyashree scheme, skill-training for women in the state, will set up a partition museum in Kolkata, which will depict the joys and sorrows of the people and the history when Bengal was partitioned by the British into the erstwhile East Bengal and West Bengal."
Welcoming investors from across the globe, Banerjee said Bengal was 바카라the hub of opportunities".
바카라I welcome the UAE-based DP World, who have signed a 74 per cent equity to develop the until now stalled river port at Kulpi. The group will develop the Kulpi port, work for which was stalled for the last seven year, by investing Rs 3,000 crore,바카라 she said.
She said Bengal is the destination for business as it is the gateway not only to the northeastern states but also to neighbouring Bangladesh, Nepal and Bhutan.
바카라Bengal is a destination, from where you can invest, from where you get a ready market. In the last seven years, we have changed the perception of Bengal as an investment unfriendly destination.바카라
Addressing foreign delegates from more than 23 countries, Banerjee said, Bengal has talent and is number one in skilled human resources.
Purnendu Chatterjee of The Chatterjee Group said Bengal is a treasure house of high-end talent and called on the business leaders to set up research centres in the state.
바카라Let us research this high-end talent space in the villages of Bengal. The Chatterjee Group has already set up three research centres in the state to tap this talent pool from rural Bengal,바카라 he said, urging Ambani, Jindal and other industry captains to follow suit.
Bengal finance minister Amit Mitra, who conducted the session, said: 바카라Bengal has grown. Bengal is in business now. Bengal means business. Come to Bengal. Bandhs that was part and parcel of the Bengal earlier are a thing of the past now.바카라
