Bengal govt to host business-industry meet this year

KOLKATA: The West Bengal government will be hosting a ‘Business and industry conclave’ later this year, Amit Mitra, the Chief Financial Adviser to Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, said on Tuesday.

The move is seen as a move to boost industrialisation in the state ahead of the assembly elections due next year.

The conclave, Mitra said, would be organised after the Puja festivities to increase the pace of industrial development in the state.