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Mamata woos investors at investors summit

| Updated on January 19, 2018 Published on January 08, 2016

Mamata Banerjee, Chief Minister of West Bengal and dignitaries are at Bengal Global Business Summit 2016.

Mamata Banerjee, Chief Minister of West Bengal, and dignitaries at the Bengal Global Business Summit 2016.

Arun Jaitley, Union Finance Minister is on way back to his chair after speech when Suresh Prabhu, Union Minister of Railways; Arvind Kejriwal, Delhi Chief Minister; Tshering Tobgay, Prime Minister, Bhutan and Mamata Banerjee, Chief Minister of West Bengal look on.

Arun Jaitley, Union Finance Minister; Suresh Prabhu, Union Minister of Railways; Arvind Kejriwal, Delhi Chief Minister; Tshering Tobgay, Prime Minister, Bhutan and Mamata Banerjee, Chief Minister of West Bengal.

Mamata Banerjee, Chief Minister of West Bengal greets Tshering Tobgay, Prime Minister, Bhutan when Arun Jaitley, Union Finance Minister; Arvind Kejriwal, Chief Minister, Delhi; and Tofail Ahmed (left), Minister of Commerce, Bangladesh are present.

Mamata Banerjee, Chief Minister of West Bengal, greets Tshering Tobgay, Prime Minister, Bhutan. Arun Jaitley, Union Finance Minister; Arvind Kejriwal, Chief Minister, Delhi; and Tofail Ahmed (left), Minister of Commerce, Bangladesh, are also seen.

Mamata Banerjee, Chief Minister of West Bengal greets Priti Patel, Minister of State for Employment, United Kingdom.

Mamata Banerjee, Chief Minister of West Bengal, with Priti Patel, Minister of State for Employment, United Kingdom.

Mamata Banerjee, Chief Minister of West Bengal greets dignitaries. Business tycoons Mukesh Ambani and Sajjan Jindal are also present among others.

Claiming that a peaceful atmosphere prevails in West Bengal, Mamata Banerjee says it is most conducive for setting up industries.

Mukesh Ambani and Sajjan Jindal are in a sideline discussion at the Summit.

Mukesh Ambani and Sajjan Jindal in a tete-a-tete.

Mamata Banerjee, Chief Minister of West Bengal offers sweets to Tshering Tobgay, Prime Minister, Bhutan.

Mamata Banerjee delivers her speech before invitees and business tycoons.

Trinamool Congress chief assures industry captains that her party will not come in the way of investment in the State. "We have already set up a core group for industries. Our elections are coming but don’t worry everything will be sorted out. Democracy will continue. This elected government (TMC government) will come up ( will return).”

Sumit Mazumder, President, CII and Y C Deveshwar, Chairman, ITC are in a sideline discussion.

Sumit Mazumder, President, CII, and YC Deveshwar, Chairman, ITC, at the summit.

The 2-day Bengal Global Business Summit got underway in Kolkata on Friday. Highlighting the advantages of doing business in the State, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee wooed investors from the country and abroad. Making a strong pitch for more investments, Mamata Banerjee said the State has been clocking a growth rate higher than that of the country. About Rs 12,000 crore investment proposals have been announced so far. The Bhutan Prime Minister, Tshering Tobgay; the Finance Minister, Arun Jaitley; the Delhi Chief Minister, Arvind Kejriwal; the West Bengal Finance Minister, Amit Mitra; and business tycoons Mukesh Ambani and Sajjan Jindal were among those present. Photos: Ashoke Chakraborty

Published on January 08, 2016

Mamata woos investors at investors summit

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