Pranab Mukherjee to inaugurate 2-day Bengal Global Business Summit in Kolkata on Jan 20

Kolkata, Dec 14 (KNN) The President of India Pranab Mukherjee will inaugurate the two-day Bengal Global Business Summit (BGBS) on January 20, 2017, state Finance Minister Dr Amit Mitra has said.

He said business delegations from Japan, Germany, United States of America, Canada, Italy and China would take part in the two-day meeting. to be held at the Milan Mela ground.

In 2016, the Prime Minister of Bhutan, Tshering Togbe opened the two-day business meet on January 7 to 9 and the proposal for business was Rs 2.50 lakh crore.

Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee had announced on the concluding day of the meet that in 2017, it would be held on January 20 and 21, 2017. The business proposals in 2017 are expected surpass those in previous years.

Meanwhile, a delegation from Bengal led by Finance Minister Amit Mitra had visited BMW factory in Germany and some top bosses of the German car giant may attend BGBS. A Chinese delegation will also attend the BGBS.

According to a release by All India Trinamool Congress, talks are on with a cycle manufacturing company to set up its unit in Bengal. Bengal had opened the country’s first joint venture cycle manufacturing factory Sen Raleigh in Asansol.