ENA State 2025-02-25 14:30:24 <p><span style="font-size:14px"><strong>Dispur, Feb 25 (KNN)</strong> Mukesh Ambani, Chairman and Managing Director of Reliance Industries Limited (RIL), announced a significant investment commitment of over Rs 50,000 crore in Assam over the next five years.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size:14px">The announcement came during his address at the Advantage Assam 2.0 Investment &amp; Infrastructure Summit 2025 held in Guwahati on Tuesday.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size:14px"> In the coming years, Reliance will more than quadruple its investment in Assam to over Rs 50,000 crore, Ambani stated during the investors' summit.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size:14px">He noted that the company had previously committed Rs 5,000 crore at the 2018 summit and has since exceeded Rs 12,000 crore in investments in the state.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size:14px">Ambani emphasised Reliance's focus on making Assam tech-ready and AI-ready, describing the state's digital transformation as a noble and patriotic mission.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size:14px">He highlighted Jio's contribution to modernising Assam's telecommunications infrastructure, making it not only 2G-mukt but 5G-yukt (free from 2G and empowered with 5G).</span></p> <p><span style="font-size:14px">Praising Prime Minister Narendra Modi's leadership, Ambani outlined four key advantages that have transformed Assam under the current administration.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size:14px">First, bringing Assam and the Northeast from the periphery to the centre of India's development agenda, noting that the Prime Minister has visited the region over 70 times&mdash;more than any previous leader.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size:14px">Second, providing Assam with a new development mantra: Act East, Act Fast, and Act First, suggesting that Assam could develop rapidly enough to become a growth hub for Southeast and East Asia.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size:14px">Third, creating an unprecedented connectivity revolution in the region that extends beyond physical and digital infrastructure to include developmental and emotional connections with the rest of India.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size:14px">Fourth, emphasising technology as a key driver of development. Ambani expressed confidence that just as Assam is globally known as a tea paradise, it will emerge as a technological paradise in the coming decades.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size:14px">This substantial investment commitment positions Assam for significant growth in digital infrastructure, artificial intelligence, and overall economic development in the years ahead.</span></p> <p><em><strong><span style="font-size:14px">(KNN Bureau)</span></strong></em></p> 41200 https://knnindia.co.in/news/newsdetails/state/reliance-industries-to-invest-over-rs-50000-crore-in-assam 2025-02-25 14:30:24 knnindia.co.in