Northeast Business Summit on 19-20 July

By Our Economy Bureau | 16 Jul 2002

Mumbai: The Indian Merchants Chamber, jointly with Indian Chamber of Commerce, Kolkata, and FICCI, has organised the North-East Business Summit on 19-20 July 2002 at The Oberoi in Mumbai.

The summit the first of its kind will present the significant business and investment opportunities in the northeastern region of India, which has a strong market of 400 million people.

The summit will be attended by Finance Minister Jaswant Singh, External Affairs Minister Yashwant Sinha Disinvestment Minister Arun Shourie, Power Minister Suresh Prabhu, Reserve Bank of India governor Dr Bimal Jalan, ICICI managing director and CEO K V Kamath, and leader of the opposition in the Lok Sabha Dr Manmohan Singh.

All the eight chief ministers of the north-eastern states, too, will attend the summit, which will enable one-to-one interactions with senior state government officials.