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Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee connected Thursday (December 19, 2025) tried to impressment upon West Bengal arsenic an concern destination, adding that the State has been battling defamation owed to governmental purposes.
“Those who are defaming Bengal lone for governmental purposes, don’t you deliberation it is simply a substance of pridefulness for each of us? Instead of ever being negative, deliberation positive,” Ms. Banerjee said astatine a concern conclave successful Kolkata’s Dhana Dhanya auditorium.
The Chief Minister said that, amidst defamation, it has go a idiosyncratic situation for her to beryllium that West Bengal would 1 time pb the world.
“After becoming the Chief Minister, I went to Singapore, wherever I heard rumours astir Bengal’s downfall and mislaid glory. From that day, it became a idiosyncratic situation for maine to beryllium that Bengal would 1 time pb the world. I convey and respect the leaders of manufacture for their committedness and for taking portion successful this endeavour,” she said.
Ms. Banerjee besides added that Bengal is simply a peaceful State but fake quality is being circulated connected societal media to malign the State. Trying to hard-sell the State arsenic an concern destination, the Chief Minister said that astir 2,800 companies and 2 lakh professionals are moving successful the IT assemblage successful West Bengal, and Bengal’s Silicon Valley is attracting an concern of ₹35,000 crore, which volition make implicit 1 lakh jobs.
“We are besides becoming a semiconductor hub. Even the United States and the United Kingdom person shown interest. We person already fixed ONGC the indispensable permissions to acceptable up their constitution successful Ashoknagar,” she said. The Chief Minister said that the State authorities is fig 1 successful the MSME assemblage with 93 lakh units, with 660 MSME clusters that employment much than 1.30 crore people.
During her speech, the Chief Minister spoke astir the Deocha Pachami ember mining task successful Birbhum, logistics hubs coming up successful the State, and West Bengal emerging arsenic the 2nd largest tourer destination.
She besides spoke of JSW Energy announcing a 1600 MW powerfulness works successful Bengal and the RP Sanjiv Goenka Group having plans to grow its artillery retention concern successful Bengal, for which the State authorities has suggested 350 acres of disposable onshore successful Uttarpara.
Ms. Banerjee besides spoke astir the State government’s inaugural to acceptable up temples successful West Bengal. ”We volition laic the instauration chromatic for Durga Angan connected 29 December astatine 4 p.m.. It volition beryllium developed connected a expansive scale, akin to the Jagannath Dham. For the Mahakal temple successful Siliguri arsenic well, onshore has been identified, and a spot has been acceptable up. What bash radical yet privation to see? Unity, peace, and happiness,” she said.
The Chief Minister said her authorities volition big the Bengal Global Business Summit aft the Assembly elections successful 2026. During the past Bengal Global Business Summit successful February 2025, the Chief Minister had stated that implicit the past 7 BGBS editions, investments worthy ₹19 lakh crore person been made, retired of which enactment for ₹13 lakh crore has rolled retired connected the ground.
Prominent industrialists of West Bengal — ITC Ltd Chairman Sanjiv Puri, Chairman of the RP-Sanjiv Goenka Group Sanjiv Goenka, JSW Energy Joint MD and CEO Sharad Mahendra, Chairman, Ambuja Neotia Group Harshavardhan Neotia and MD and radical CEO of Tega Industries Mehul Mohanka — were contiguous astatine the concern summit. They lauded the efforts of the Chief Minister to marque West Bengal a favourable concern destination.
A time ago, connected Wednesday (December 18, 2025), the State portion of BJP has published a papers titled “West Bengal Industrial Graveyard”, claiming that 14 years of Mamata Banerjee’s authorities has turned the State from India’s concern powerhouse into a “graveyard of failed policies, destroyed industries, and crushing debt”.
