Guwahati: Centre will host North East India’s first investment summit which will be organized jointly by the eight North Eastern states and the union government. The event will be held in New Delhi in September 2023.

Ahead of the Northeast Global Investment Summit scheduled to be held in September this year, latest business ideas combined with investment opportunities with insight on Assam were discussed at the first of the series of roundtables was held here on Thursday.

DoNER Ministry's Secretary Lok Ranjan, while presiding over the roundtable on Thursday, opined that the investor summit will be a major milestone not only for Assam but all North Eastern states.

"Roundtables like this organised in Assam will enable collaboration of investors, policy-makers and thought-leaders. There was an exchange of ideas, thoughts and information about the on-ground execution of a shared vision'', he said.

The Northeast Global Investors Summit will highlight the Northeast region's enormous potential and to attract investments from around the globe to support its economic development, Ranjan added.

Considered to be a gateway to the ASEAN and BBIN (Bangladesh, Bhutan, India and Nepal) zone, industry and investment experts emphasised the potential to develop the investment ecosystem in the region while the inherent features of the industrial and investment policy of Assam was examined.

Additional Chief Secretary of Assam Ashish Kumar Bhutani stressed on the importance of being sensitive and taking a broad perspective when considering private investment or potential investors, something also be honoured within the system of the government. "North East's proximity to ASEAN and other countries coupled with the renewed focus has turned this zone into an engine of growth. This is a great time for investors and enablers to collaborate and succeed", he said.

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