- Prime Minister inaugurates Advantage Assam 2.0 Investment & Infrastructure Summit 2025
- Assam's dynamic workforce and rapid growth are driving its transformation into a leading investment destination: PM
- Even in global uncertainty, one thing is certain - India's rapid growth: PM
- We have built a complete ecosystem to promote industry, an innovation-driven culture and Ease of Doing Business: PM
- India is driving its manufacturing sector in Mission Mode, We are promoting Low Cost Manufacturing under Make in India: PM
- The global progress depends on the digital revolution, innovation and tech-driven progress: PM
- Assam is becoming a crucial hub for semiconductor manufacturing in India: PM
- The world sees our Renewable Energy Mission as a model practice and is following it; In the last 10 years, India has taken policy decisions understanding its environmental responsibilities: PM
The Prime Minister, Narendra Modi inaugurated the Advantage Assam 2.0 Investment & Infrastructure Summit 2025 in Guwahati, Assam today, February 25, 2025.
Welcoming all the dignitaries to the event, PM said “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 added that history is a witness to the major role played by Eastern India in India’s prosperity. Expressing hope, the Prime Minister 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 Chief Minister of Assam 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.
“Despite global uncertainties, experts unanimously agree on one certainty: India's rapid growth”, said the Prime Minister. He emphasized that today's India is working with a long-term vision for the next 25 years of this century. He highlighted that the world has immense trust in India's young population, which is rapidly becoming skilled and innovative. He also noted the growing confidence in India's neo-middle class, emerging from poverty with new aspirations. Underscoring the trust the world places in India's 140 crore people who support political stability and policy continuity,
PM highlighted India's governance that continues to implement reforms. Furthermore, he pointed out that India is strengthening its local supply chains and entering free trade agreements with various global regions. He also mentioned the robust connectivity with East Asia and the new India-Middle East-Europe Economic Corridor, bringing new opportunities.
Highlighting the growing global trust in India, as witnessed by the gathering in Assam, he remarked, “Assam's contribution to India's growth is steadily increasing”. He noted that the first edition of the Advantage Assam Summit was held in 2018, at which time Assam's economy was valued at ₹2.75 lakh crore. Today, Assam has become a state with an economy of approximately ₹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 Governments at the Center and in the state.