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Kolkata, 8 July 2026: Shri TapasRoy, Hon’ble Minister of Industry, Commerce & Enterprises, Government of West Bengal, outlined an ambitious roadmap to position the state as the preferred investment des-tination in Eastern India.Speaking at a special address organised by the MCCI at Taj Bengal on July 8, 2026, Roy empha sised modernisation of traditional sectors such as jute and tea alongside promotion of emerging industries including semi conductors and artificialintelligence. He highlight-ed the government’s focus on ease of doing business, revenue mobilisation, and early announcement of a new industrial policy.Roy revealed that a Mit-subishi delegation from Japan has shown interest in setting up a semicon-ductor plant in Durgapur or Panagarh, with fol-low-up visits expected soon. The minister also announced plans to pro-mote startups in Al, data centres and global capa-bility centres, list profit-able state PSUs on stockYAM STSTRONGLVERexchanges, and shield businesses from extortion and syndicates.Smt. Priti A. Sureka, President of MCCI, ex-How to Unleash Growth Potential oal’s EdFPHon’ble Min Public wablepressed optimism about re-industrialisation under the new government and called for rationalisation of electricity tariffs.