New Delhi, Apr 29 (KNN) The first roundtable of the Northeast Global Investment Summit held in New Delhi on Thursday discussed the investment opportunities in Assam.

The Northeast Global Investment Summit is scheduled to be held in September this year.

This is for the first time that an investment summit will be organized jointly by the eight North Eastern states and the union government.

DONER Ministry's Secretary Lok Ranjan, presiding over the roundtable on Thursday said that the investor summit will be a major milestone not only for Assam but all North Eastern states.

"Roundtables like this organised in Assam will enable collaboration of investors, policy-makers and thought-leaders. There was an exchange of ideas, thoughts and information about the on-ground execution of a shared vision'', he said.

The Northeast Global Investors Summit intends to highlight the Northeast region's enormous potential and draw in investments from around the globe to support its economic development, Ranjan added.

As a gateway to the ASEAN and BBIN (Bangladesh, Bhutan, India and Nepal) zone, industry and investment experts highlighted the potential to develop the investment ecosystem in the region while the salient features of the industrial and investment policy of Assam was highlighted.  (KNN Bureau)