Kolkata will be hosting the 2 day Bengal Global Business Summit on the 5th and 6th of February, 2025. The 2 day business summit is expected to announce investments to the tune of more than Rs 4 lakh crore across the state of West Bengal.
As per the state government, the IT sector itself will witness investment to the tune of Rs 27,000 crore leading to employment of more than 1 lakh people.
Currently the state has 22 IT parks, 2 electronics parks, 10 buildings dedicated to IT equipped with all up-to-date amenities and a state data center.
In addition, a Silicon IT hub is also coming up in the state. This extensive infrastructure is expected to attract this quantum of investment into the IT sector in West Bengal.
With the state already topping the MSME sector in the country, more investments are being planned in the textile and foundry making domains. Even lots of defence equipment manufacturing is happening in the state. The Summit is expected to witness the announcement of a new Textile policy.
