Reliance invested Rs 45,000 crore in West Bengal: Sourav Ganguly became the brand ambassador of Bengal, announced in the Global Business Summit

Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) has invested Rs. 45,000 crore in West Bengal. With this, the company will invest ₹20,000 crore in the next three years. RIL Chairman Mukesh Ambani made this announcement at the 7th edition of Bengal Global Business Summit in Kolkata.

During the business summit, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee announced to make cricketer Sourav Ganguly the brand ambassador of the state. He said, ‘Sourav Ganguly is a very popular person and he can work in many ways for the young generation.’

Reliance will invest in telecom, retail and bio energy

Mukesh Ambani said that the group will mainly invest in three sectors – telecom, retail and bio energy. We will convert every household in Bengal into smart homes very soon with the rapid rollout of Jio Fiber and Air Fiber. We have also extended 5G network to most parts.

Reliance is renovating and restoring Kalighat temple

Ambani also told that Reliance Foundation is renovating and restoring the Kalighat temple in Kolkata. Along with this, Reliance Industries has partnered with Biswa Bangla Corp through Reliance Retail for the sale of Bengali handicrafts.

Reliance will open 200 more retail stores in the next 2 years

Ambani said that our network of about 1000 retail stores will increase to more than 1200 in the next two years. Our retail business is supporting hundreds of small businesses. We have partnered with Prabhuji, Mukhrochak, City Gold, Bisque Farms among others.

Reliance will help farmers for energy plantation

Ambani said that Reliance Energy will help farmers in plantations. He said, ‘We will help farmers for energy plantation on a large scale. This will help in reducing carbon emissions by about 2 million tonnes and produce 2.5 million tonnes of organic fertilizer annually.

He said that we are planning to set up a CBG plant in Bengal which will make the farmers of Bengal an energy provider as well as a food provider.