State attracted nearly Rs 1.25 L cr investment from ’21-22 to ’24-25: Study
The Statesman | 9 September 2025between 2021-22 to 2024-25, according to a study conducted by the MSME Export Promotion Council.
It was the second edition of the “Study on investment, development and growth in progressive West Bengal 2021-22 to 2024-25 and emerging unlimited opportunities.”
The report stated that West Bengal is currently on a transformative growth trajectory powered by dynamic expansions in IT, manufacturing and infrastructure and its gross domestic product is likely to rise by around 10.5 per cent in 2024-25 significantly exceeding the national average of 7.3 per cent. The state has successfully announced new investment projects during FYs 2021-22 to 2024-25 worth Rs 1,23,385 crore said the study conducted by the Export Promotion Council.
The study expects that once the investments projects are implemented, new job opportunities to over 75,000 people will be generated. The study was released by the MSME EPC chairman DS Rawat today. He said the investment data have been sourced from the Centre for Monitoring of Indian Economy (CMIE).
During this period investment projects were completed of Rs 42,440 crore, projects revived of Rs 23,260 crore and projects under implementation at various stages of Rs 3,99,583 crore.
The manufacturing has expanded by approximately 7.8 per cent and the overall industry sector saw 7.3 per cent growth, both outperforming national benchmarks. Formation of a state level investment synergy committee (SLISC), a single-window clearance mechanism has helped the state investment of “ease of doing business.”
