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Global Business Summit In Kolkata

Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL) Chairman and Managing Director (MD) Mukesh Ambani and Mamata Banerjee Chief Minister of West Bemgal,Sajjan Jindal,Managing Director of the JSW Group ,Amit Mitra state Finances Minister and International Industrialist at the Bengal Global Business Summit 2019 on February 07,2019 in Kolkata Biswabangla Conclave ,India. Ambani highlighted that Reliance’s investment of Rs 28,000 crore in West Bengal accounts to about one-tenth of the conglomerate’s total investments in India so far. RIL’s investment in the state was Rs 4,500 crore in 2016, he said. “Jio has thus become the largest investor in the digital space in this state,” he added. The RIL Chairman said the conglomerate is planning to further invest over Rs 10,000 crore. Ambani announced that 100 percent of the state’s population is likely to be covered with the Jio network by the end of 2019. “For Jio, digital rejuvenation of rural markets is a priority. Jio has close to 1 lakh active Business Partners across Bengal. Now, in yet another unique initiative, we have set up “Jio Points” as a direct distribution channel in deep rural markets, to cater to the growing rural market and each and every village in West Bengal,” he said. “With these Jio Points, we will have brick and mortar presence in every tehsil of the state to serve every single village. As we speak today, 350 Jio Points are already operational and we will target a 1,000 by the end of the year,” he added. (Photo by Debajyoti Chakraborty/NurPhoto)

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Photo ID	#3765812
Date Taken	7 February 2019
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Photographer	Debajyoti Chakraborty/NurPhoto
Category	Economy, Business and Finance
Copyright	© 2026 NurPhoto - Debajyoti Chakraborty/NurPhoto

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