By A Staff Reporter
Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee addressed the 8th edition of the Bengal Global Business Summit (BGBS) 2025, positioning the state as a prime investment destination and emphasizing its economic strengths. Speaking to a diverse audience of industrialists, entrepreneurs, and diplomats, Banerjee showcased Bengal’s achievements and laid out her vision for sustainable development and employment generation.
“Bengal offers investors a prime location. It is the gateway to Eastern, South-Eastern, North-Eastern regions, and also Eastern India,” Banerjee stated, underlining the state’s strategic geographical advantage in connecting key markets. She highlighted Bengal’s top ranking in the MSME sector and its pioneering efforts in women empowerment as key indicators of the state’s progressive growth model. “We are No. 1 in India in our MSME sector, women empowerment, and we have a stable government here,” she added, emphasizing the state’s conducive environment for business growth.
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Banerjee also addressed criticisms regarding the relevance of business summits, asserting the importance of such platforms in fostering economic opportunities. “Some people ask, why this business summit? I said, we started, but now every state is doing it. What is wrong with that?” she remarked, pointing to Bengal’s role in setting a trend for similar summits across India.
The Chief Minister stressed the critical need for investments to tackle youth unemployment, framing economic growth as essential for the state’s future. “We have to encourage our young generation, students, and our future generation to invest more and more and to create employment. Without employment, our young generation cannot survive, and for them, we have to go ahead,” Banerjee declared.