Assam Global Investors' Summit or Advantage

Assam Assam (, , ) is a state in Northeast India, northeastern India, south of the eastern Himalayas along the Brahmaputra Valley, Brahmaputra and Barak River valleys. Assam covers an area of . It is the second largest state in Northeast India, nor ...

Global Investors' Summit on 3–4 February 2018 was an economic summit organised by the

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. The main aim of the summit is to increase the trade and other relations with

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. Members and Delegates from

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and BBIN countries along with industrialists and business leaders of

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and around the world are invited in this summit. The Summit aims at highlighting the geo-strategic advantages offered to investors by Assam. The summit will also focus on India's Act East Policy which will help in achieving balanced and fast-paced growth of the north-eastern region and development of MSME sector. The summit is organised in Sarusajai Stadium,

Guwahati Guwahati () the largest city of the Indian state of Assam, and also the largest metropolis in northeastern India. Dispur, the capital of Assam, is in the circuit city region located within Guwahati and is the seat of the Government of Assam. Th ...

. It is the first of its type of summit organised in Assam and

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. The summit will focus investing on different sectors like: Power, Agriculture & Food Processing, IT & ITeS, River Transport & Port Townships, Plastics & Petrochemicals, Pharmaceuticals & Medical Equipment, Handloom, Textiles & Handicrafts, Tourism, Hospitality & Wellness, Civil Aviation and Petroleum and Natural Gas.

Features

On the first day of the summit, notable chief guests visited are

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, Chief Minister of Assam Himanta Biswas Sarma,

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, Japanese Ambassador to India Kenji Hiramatsu,

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s and MDs of companies like

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, ONGC,

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, ITC Limited, etc. The government has already announced a plan of to improve connection with the North-East, with the network of 15 railway lines. On The first day of mega investor exposition for

named as "Advantage Assam" witnessed a sign of 176 MoUs with 160 companies amounting to . This table represents the amount of money invested in day 1.

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