GUWAHATI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the Advantage Assam 2.0 Investment & Infrastructure Summit 2025 in Guwahati, Assam today.
"East India and North East India are embarking on a new journey of future today and Advantage Assam is a mega initiative to intertwine the incredible potential and progress of Assam with the world,” PM Modi said while welcoming all the dignitaries to the event.
He added that history is a witness to the major role played by Eastern India in India’s prosperity.
Expressing hope, the Prime Minister further said, “Today, when we are progressing towards Viksit Bharat, Eastern India and North East will display their true potential.”
He said that Advantage Assam was a representation of the same spirit and congratulated the Government and Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma for organising such a grand event. He recalled his words from 2013, when he had said that it was not very far when ‘A for Assam’ would be the norm.
Highlighting the rising global trust in India, as witnessed by the gathering in Assam, PM Modi remarked, “Assam's contribution to India's growth is steadily increasing.”
PM Modi emphasized that the Assam government is focusing on education, skill development, and creating a better investment environment.
He noted that the first edition of the Advantage Assam Summit was held in 2018, at which time Assam's economy was valued at Rs. 2.75 lakh crore.
Today, Assam has become a state with an economy of approximately Rs. 6 lakh crore, he added, emphasizing that under their government, Assam's economy has doubled in just six years. Furthermore, he said that this is the double effect of their Governments at the Center and the state.
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