Bengal Global Business Summit: State to work on 8 pillars of development, says CM Mamata Banerjee

New Delhi: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday (April 20), said that the state will work on eight pillars of development going ahead, including infrastructure, education, social security, skill development and ease-of-doing-business.

While addressing a large gathering of industry tycoons at the Bengal Global Business Summit, Banerjee said the state government has brought down man-days lost in the state due to strikes and disruptions to zero from 75 lakh per year during the erstwhile Left regime. 

“We lost 75 lakh man-days every year during the Left Front rule, but now no man-days are lost,” Banerjee added.

“Bengal is the first state to organise a physical business summit since the Covid pandemic struck. It is the gateway to eastern and northeastern India, neighbouring Bangladesh, Bhutan and Nepal as well as South East Asia,” she said at the mega event. 

She also pointed out that the state government will set up Rs 72,000-crore industrial zone in “Junglemahal” (forested areas of four south Bengal districts) along the eastern freight corridor, and has readied a policy on grant of shale-gas exploration licences. Also Read: Good news! Centre extends Covid-19 insurance scheme for healthcare workers

“We have allocated 2,483 acre of industrial land at Purulia for the ‘Junglemahal Shundori Kormonagari' project along the eastern freight corridor from Amritsar to Dankuni,” she said. Also Read: iPhone 14 series front camera features leaked online! Check details

- With PTI inputs.

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