Business has been focus for the Mamata Banerjee government this time. For the past two years, Bengal could not host the Bengal Business Summit. This year, the Bengal Business Summit will again showcase the state’s industry aspect. This will start on April 20 and will continue till April 21.
Industrialists like Adani , Corporates like ITC will take part in this summit .
Representative of various countries have already arrived in Kolkata from Japan to Australia to talk business .
UK has come with the biggest team this time to exchange ideas and to talk business.
FICCI has partnered with the Government of West Bengal in organizing the past five editions of the Bengal Global Business Summit (BGBS). This year, the sixth edition of BGBS, will be held on 20 & 21 April, with FICCI as a Partner Chamber. It is in this spirit of support and collaboration that FICCI organized its NECM in Kolkata.
Sources say logistic hub is going to come up in Belur ans Adani is going to invest . Investment in Tajpur port and Deocha Pachami ( coal block ) May be show cased.
The innovative social projects of Government like “lokhi Bhandar “ “ Kanyasree “ will be projected to investors.
To project Bengal in business aspect the Government is trying every-way. Opposition on the other hand is critical of this Summit . Vice President BJP Dilip Ghosh has said “ Is it only food and meeting , what about investment , it’s only wastage of money.”
Interestingly, today when the summit will start BJP MLA’s will be marching to Deocha Pachami to show their protest on acquisition.