Bengal pins hope on business summit amid subdued activity
Source: PTI The event beginning January 7 assumes even larger significance as the year 2015 did not see much industrial activities fructifying on the ground Expectations are running high from the upcoming Bengal Global Business Summit, after a year marked with subdued industrial activities and mounting woes for the traditional jute and tea industries. The three-day Summit, beginning January 7, is being showcased by the Mamata Banerjee as a platform to be part of “a new, business-ready Bengal”, after investment commitments to the tune of Rs.2.43 lakh crore received in its last edition in 2015. The event assumes even larger significance as the year 2015 did not see much industrial activities fructifying on the ground while the state is also headed ...
West Bengal ready to ease industrial policy to attract investors
Deepak Kumar | The Dollar Business The West Bengal government on Monday said that it is ready to tweak its industrial policy to ensure business-friendly environment for potential entrepreneurs, industrialists and foreign investors. Addressing the Investment Roadshow on Bengal Global Business Summit 2016 in New Delhi on Monday, West Bengal’s Minister of Commerce & Industries Amit Mitra said, “Please feel free to tell us through your studies, what else we can do within the framework of the industrial policy. We (are) even willing to tweak the industrial policy for everyone. West Bengal has been devoted to taking industry-friendly measures in the state and the results have started to come, he said, adding that between 2011 and 2015, the state has attracted ...
