Rs 15,000 crore telecom infra pitch for Bengal

Kolkata | Friday | 8th February, 2019

Summary:

Today, our investments stand at Rs 28,000 crore in West Bengal alone. “Jio has thus become the largest investor in the digital space in this state,” Ambani boasted. Now, we have firmed up our plan for a further investment of over Rs 10,000 crore. “West Bengal is poised to become the logistics hub of the east, with plans to attract investments of Rs 5,000 crore by 2020, creating jobs for 50,000 people,” he added.Both the company heads on Thursday claimed to be providing direct and indirect employment to about 100,000 people in West Bengal. This plan is already under implementation.”This accounts for about one-tenth of RIL’s total investments in India so far..