Those industrialists who had left India would be urged to come back after the reversal of Government at the Centre, Mamata Banerjee on Thursday said at the Bengal Global Business Summit, a brain child of the Bengal Chief Minister, to attract investment in the State.
“I know that many industrialists have left India for some problems they were facing. Though this is not right platform for saying this, I will request them to return to India after the Government is changed at the Centre and a new industrial policy is framed,” Banerjee said at the plenary session of the two-day mega business meet organised in India’s biggest media community centre, once again constructed at Banerjee’s behest at up market Rajarhat in the north-eastern fringes of Kolkata.
While giving reasons for why Bengal should be thefirst destination of global investors the Chief Minister said the State had in the past few years transformed to become the best in the country in many sectors.
The Chief Minister who spoke amid loud applause from a galaxy of industry magnets including Mukesh Ambani, Sajjan Jindal, YK Modi, Niranjan Hiranandani, Bharti Mittal, Sanjeev Goenka and delegates and dignitaries from 35 countries, including the USA, Fraince, UK, Germany, Korea, Poland, Italy, Bangladesh etc.
Her State was number one in terms of growth rate, Banerjee said, adding Bengal’s GDP was growing at a faster rate than India’s and the State was placed in the first position in MSME sector, rural housing project E-governance.
“Come to Bengal because Bengal is going ahead. It is the destination for business,” the Chief Minister said adding Bengal was one State that hinged on unity despite its diverse culture. “Bengal shows unity in diversity where no distinction is made between castes, creeds and religions, where special cares has been taken for the minorities and girl children including offering scholarships for them,” the Chief Minister said reminding how her Kanyashree project won a UN award.