Mamata Banerjee to represent Bengal at the Bangkok Global Asian conference

Chief minister Mamata Banerjee will be representing Bengal at the Bangkok Global Asian conference which is scheduled on 27 and 28 November. She had received the invitation letter in Munich during her recent visit to the city. There will be reps from Singapore, Malaysia, Bangkok and India in the conference.
Her trip has been successful because Bengal has received investment worth Rs.450 crore on the last day itself.
This has been reported in thestatesman.com dated 13 September 2016.

Among the business brought home are orders for 25 lakh jute bags which would benefit the self help groups and jute farmers. BMW has also been requested to explore opportunities in Bengal. Moreover, other industries like leather,garment and jewellery have expressed interest on investing in Bengal and soon there would be a shoe industry in the state.
Since other states have exhausted their opportunities, Bengal is the sole destination for investment and has a lot of opportunities because it enjoys locational advantage. It is convenient to reach south Asian countries and north eastern states from Bengal.
Mamata Banerjee also indicated that business heads of Munich have agreed to attend the state's Bengal Global Business Summit in January 2017.


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