West Bengal attracts over 50k crore business for MSMEs

Kolkata, Jan 23 (KNN) West Bengal has bagged investment proposals worth Rs 2,35,290 crore during the recently concluded two-day Bengal Global Business Summit organised by the state government, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has claimed.

Chief Minister while addressing delegates on the concluding day of the meet, said the manufacturing sector netted investment commitment of Rs 61,765 crore.

Micro Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) attracted business proposals of Rs 50,710 crore, urban development got Rs 46,600 crore and transport sector get investment proposal of Rs 38,801 crore.

"Despite demonetisaiton, a sum of Rs 2,35,290 crore has been committed during the summit," Banerjee said.

Comparing the figures, she said state received over Rs 4.93 lakh crore of investment proposals during the previous two summits in 2015 and 2016. "Out of that, already over 40 percent has been implemented," she added.

The Bengal Global Business Summit proved to be a huge success especially for the industrial sector, as it attracted over Rs 2 lakh crore investment proposal.

WB business meet Bengal Global Business Summit concluded on Friday. (KNN)