Kolkata, April 22 (KNN) The West Bengal government has announced the establishment of micro,small and medium enterprises (MSME), export and several other sectoral panels to enhance the partnership between government and the industry.

To form a co-operative ecosystem, business heads will function as co-chairmen for the panels, said Amit Mitra, the principal chief advisor to Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee.

Titagarh Wagons, MD, Umesh Chowdhury will co-chair the MSME panel, Sanjay Budhia from Patton Group will take on the role for exports, Ambuja Neotia Group’s Harsh Neotia for services panel and Luxmi Tea’s Rudra Chatterjee for tourism.

As a co-chair of MSME panel, Chowdhury stated that the MSME sector needs the government's support for expansion.

Sanjiv Puri, Chairman and MD of ITC Ltd will co-chair the committee for agriculture and allied products.

Agreements were signed with NABARD for rural micro-enterprises, textiles, industrial parks and for an electric bus plant at Murshidabad, which will attract an investment of Rs 2,500-3,000 crore.

The announcement was made on the second and concluding day of the Bengal Global Business Summit (BGBS) and the next summit will be held in 2023 between February 1 and 3. (KNN Bureau)