BGBS 2022: Bengal gets investment proposals worth over Rs 3.42 lakh crore

Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday announced that Bengal has received investment proposals worth Rs 3.42 lakh crores during the two-day business summit.

While speaking on the last day of the sixth BGBS, Banerjee said that BGBS was a remarkable success as Bengal have received investment proposals worth ₹3,42,375 crores. Talking about employment she said this business summit is expected to generate around 4 lakh jobs.

She announced that at least 37 memorandums of understanding (MoUs) and letters of intent (LoIs) were signed in these two days.

She further informed that the next summit will be held on February 1, 2 and 3 next year.

The Adani Group on the first day of BGBS announced that it will invest Rs 10,000 crore in the state over the next decade.

West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar, however, on multiple occasions accused the government for not sharing details of investments received from the five editions of BGBS.