Assam cabinet nod for ₹1.22 lakh crore investment proposals ahead of business summit
The Hindu
Assam cabinet approves ₹1.22 lakh crore investment proposals for Advantage Assam 2.0 Summit, scrutinizing MoUs for rationality.
The Assam cabinet on Sunday (February 23, 2025) approved investment proposals worth ₹1.22 lakh crore ahead of the second edition of the state business summit, Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said.
Addressing a press conference after a Cabinet meeting, Mr. Sarma said that it had been decided that all MoUs, which will be signed during the Advantage Assam 2.0 Investment and Infrastructure Summit in Guwahati, will be “properly scrutinised and then approved” by the council of Ministers.
The Cabinet, in its meeting chaired by the CM, rejected MoUs worth ₹45,000 crore as these were found to be on ‘flimsy grounds’, he said.
“We don’t want to create unnecessary euphoria among people, we want to be reasonable and rational,” he said on the Cabinet that had gone through all proposals before approval.
The two-day Advantage Assam 2.0 Investment and Infrastructure Summit will be inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on February 25, 2025.
Ambassadors and business delegations from several countries along with top industrialists of India are expected to attend the programme.
Along with the investment proposals to be finalised at the summit in Guwahati, MoUs for investment up to ₹50 crore will be signed at the district commissioners’ (DC) offices during the two days of the mega event.
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