PM to inaugurate Assam business summit on February 25
The Hindu
Prime Minister Modi to inaugurate Advantage Assam 2.0 Summit with industry leaders and foreign delegates present.
“Prime Minister Narendra Modi is scheduled to inaugurate the Advantage Assam 2.0 Investment and Infrastructure Summit on Tuesday (February 25, 2025) in the presence of industry captains and business delegations from foreign countries,” officials said.
Assam Governor Laxman Prasad Acharya and Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma will also be present on the occasion.
The Prime Minister will address the inaugural session of the two-day summit after prominent industrialists of the country and the state deliver their speeches.
The industry captains scheduled to be present in the programme are Reliance Industries Limited's Mukesh Ambani, Adani Groups' Gautam Adani, JSW Group's Sajjan Jindal, Essar's Prashant Ruia, Vedanta's Anil Agrawal, among others.
Ambassadors of 61 countries will also be present on the occasion along with representatives of high-level business delegations from partner countries such as Bhutan, Thailand, Singapore, South Korea, Malaysia, Indonesia and Japan.
Union ministers S. Jaishankar and Jyotiraditya Scindia are scheduled to preside over various sessions on Tuesday, (February 25, 2025.
Mr. Jaishankar, the External Affairs Minister, will preside over the sessions - 'Advancing Indo-Bhutan Economic Partnership' and 'Act East, Act Fast and Act First', while Mr. Scinidia, Minister for Communications and DONER, will preside over the session 'Way to Viksit Assam'.
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