West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee with different officers through the second day of the seventh version of the Bengal Global Business Summit (BGBS), in Kolkata on Wednesday, November 22, 2022.
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West Bengal acquired investment proposals value over ₹3.76 lakh crore on the seventh Bengal Global Business Summit, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee mentioned on Wednesday, November 22, 2023
Speaking on the valedictory session, Ms. Banerjee mentioned a complete of 188 Memorandum of Understandings (MoUs) and Letters of Intent (LoIs) have been signed.
5,000 delegates
The Chief Minister mentioned it was a real world occasion with about 5,000 delegates and 400 worldwide delegates from 17 accomplice nations, enterprise and official delegations from almost 40 nations and 15 Ambassadors and High Commissioners collaborating.
Ms. Banerjee additionally spoke about central investigating businesses and mentioned they’re respiratory down the necks of industrialists. She mentioned that industrialists shouldn’t need to put up with harassment by these businesses.
During the second and closing day of the BGBS, multi-business conglomerate ITC launched the ITCMAARS (Metamarket for Advanced Agriculture and Rural Services), the corporate’s pioneering tremendous app and ‘phygital’ ecosystem, in West Bengal.
ITC Chairman and Managing Director Sanjiv Puri, who was co-chair of agriculture and allied sector for the summit, mentioned 93 MoUs have been signed between the state authorities and the non-public gamers within the agriculture and allied sector. These investment proposals have been value Rs 1,314 crore.
Uber Shuttle
About 25 LOIs ( Letter of Intent) have been signed within the healthcare sector amounting to proposals of round Rs 7,933 crore. The IT & ITeS sector acquired 5 MoUs with investment proposals of round Rs 4,000 crore.
The different highlights of the enterprise summit embody Coca-Cola India signing an MoU with tea main Luxmi Tea to enter the world of ready-to-drink tea drinks and supply customers with wider beverage choices.
Ridesharing app Uber and the Transport Department, authorities of West Bengal, signed an MoU to launch ‘Uber Shuttle’ – a bus service for every day commute in Kolkata. “As part of this MoU, Uber proposes to invest $10 million by 2025 in the state and create approximately 50,000 livelihood opportunities in Kolkata in the next 5 years,” the corporate mentioned. By March, 2024, Uber is planning to run round 60 air-conditioned buses on predefined routes, connecting enterprise districts with residential areas in Kolkata.
The West Bengal authorities additionally acquired investment proposals for varsity training and better training value Rs 1,676 crore and ₹360 crore respectively.
