The West Bengal government has received over ₹90.51 lakh crore worth of investment proposals in the last seven editions of the Bengal Global Business Summit, and out of that projects worth over ₹12 lakh crore have already taken off, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said, on Tuesday.
“In the last seven editions, over ₹90,51,000 crore investment proposals have been received. Today morning somebody also questioned. For them I want to say that I don’t need a clarification from you people who want to do politics. But, I need the clarification for the common people. I am happy to inform you that projects worth over ₹12 lakh crore have already taken off. And, the remaining are in various stages of implementation,” Banerjee said on the first day of the eighth edition of the Bengal Global Business Summit.
“Bengal holds immense potential for further investment because Bengal is one of the largest economies of the country. Around 5000 acres of land is available in our State for setting up industries,” she said.
At the event, Banerjee announced the commencement of her pet project — the mining of basalt on 326 acre of land at the proposed Deucha-Pachami coal mine in Birbhum district.
“Deucha-Pachami has reserve of 1,240 million tonnes of coal and 2,600 million tonnes of basalt,” she added. It is Asia’s second largest coal mine.