PM Narendra Modi to visit Assam today to inaugurate Advantage Assam-Global Investors’ Summit

Modi said he is looking forward to attend the summit.

Modi tweeted: " Looking forward to joining the @AdvantageAssam Summit in Guwahati tomorrow. I congratulate the Assam Government for organising this Summit, which will showcase Assam's investment potential, particularly in manufacturing and services to economies in South and South East Asia."

He said: "The @AdvantageAssam Summit will focus on vital sectors including power, agriculture and food processing, IT, transportation, petrochemicals, pharmaceuticals, textiles & handicrafts and tourism. Such a summit will contribute towards fulfilling the aspirations of Assam's youth."

PM Modi will formally inaugurate the two-day long investment promotion event at Sarusajai stadium in Guwahati at around 11 am on Feb 3.

The summit has been organised on Feb 3-4 at a total expenditure of Rs 32 crore.

Over 2,000 domestic and international industry leaders and corporate figures, including Ratan Tata, Mukesh Ambani, Dilip Sanghvi, Anand Burman and Harshavardhan Neotia, are participating in the summit.

Amar Abrol from Air Asia India, Welspun Group’s Balakrishan Goenka, Subhash Chandra of Essel Group, Emami’s Sushil Goenka, Rashesh Shah of Edelweiss and Sanjiv Puri from ITC, Naresh Trehan from Medanta -The Medicity, filmmaker Subhash Ghai, Dr. Subhash Chandra, Chairman, Essel Group and ZEE have also registered for the event.

On the other hand, Dasho Tshering Tobgay, Prime Minister of Bhutan, Lyonpo Damcho Dorji, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Lyonpo Lekey Dorji, Minister of Economic Affairs of Bhutan, Amir Hossain Amu, Minister of Industries, Bangladesh, Syed Muazzem Ali, High Commissioner of Bangladesh to India, Dr. Thong Khon, Minister of Tourism, Cambodia, Ounethoang Khaophanh, Vice Minister of Information Culture and Tourism, Government of Laos, Dr. Than Myint, Minister of Commerce, Myanmar, Ambassadors, High Commissioners and Business Delegations from 12 other countries like USA, Vietnam, UAE, Netherland, Nepal, Korea, Japan, Israel, Indonesia, Germany, Czech Republic, Canada will also be part ofthe mega event.

Several union ministers, including Nitin Gadkari, Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways, Suresh Prabhu, Union Minister for Commerce and Industries, Ravi Shankar Prasad, Union Minister for Electronics and Information Technology, Law and Justice, Smriti Zubin Irani, Union Minister for Textiles & Information and Broadcasting, Dharmendra Pradhan, Union Minister for Petroleum and Natural Gas and Skill Development and Entrepreneurship, Jitendra Singh, Minister of State (Independent Charge) for the Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region, Kiren Rijiju, Minister of State for the Ministry of Home are expected to take part in the proceedings.

Tight security has been arranged in Guwahati ahead of the summit. Over 2,000 security personnel have been engaged for the entire summit and 19 Superintendent of Police (SP)  are supervising the security.

Assam Police has specially trained 200 commandos for the mega event. Helicopters, drones also being engaged for security purpose.

Guwahati City Police Commissioner Hiren Nath said that, Assam police has provided adequate security for the first ever mega business summit.

Meanwhile, Assam government said that it is interested in business ventures or technology enabled industries that have negligible carbon footprint.

According to the Assam government, a 160 square km industrial corridor has been approved by the state cabinet to facilitate easy land purchases by business persons to establish firms without land conversion issues.