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WEST BENGAL BUSINESS & INVESTMENT: MAY 2026

SUMMARY VIEW

🏭 INDUSTRY & MANUFACTURING 

1️⃣ ⚙️ IISCO Burnpur — ₹45,000 crore (SAIL; 4.08 MTPA new capacity; target 2029-30) 

2️⃣ 🔩 Rashmi Group — ₹35,000 crore (7 MTPA steel expansion + 3 coal mines Birbhum & Paschim Bardhaman) — PTI May 29 

3️⃣ 💧 Jal Jeevan Mission — ₹39,000 crore MoU signed Phase 2 (+ ₹29,000 crore already received Phase 1) 

4️⃣ 🔩 Durgapur Steel Plant — ₹20,000 crore+ (2.088 → 3.5 MTPA + 40MW power plant)

 5️⃣ 🏗️ Shyam Metalics — ₹10,000 crore committed (Kharagpur + Jamuria); ₹10,000 crore under evaluation

 6️⃣ 🛣️ Kolkata-Varanasi Expressway — ₹9,250 crore environment clearance received (235 km, 4-6 lanes, Purulia-Howrah belt) 

7️⃣ 💻 Big Tech outreach — Google, Amazon, Microsoft, Reliance, Adani approached for data centres & R&D (MeitY confirmed; June announcements expected)

8️⃣ 🏗️ HMC Drainage Revamp — ₹4,700 crore master plan (Howrah Municipal Corporation + KMDA + IWD) 

9️⃣ 🚂 Texmaco Rail — ₹4,045 crore LOA from South Africa (2,235 freight wagons + 30 diesel locomotives + 15-year maintenance) 

1️⃣0️⃣ 🌊 Haldia Fairway Dredging — ₹1,839 crore GoI approved subsidy through FY31 

1️⃣1️⃣ ⚫ BCCL Bhojudih Coal Washery — 2 million TPA operational May 2026 

1️⃣2️⃣ 🥛 Amul — ₹650 crore first fully owned dairy plant Sankrail Food Park Howrah (15 lakh litres/day; world's largest curd facility) 

1️⃣3️⃣ 🚢 Titagarh Rail Systems — ₹600 crore shipbuilding venture + bullet train manufacturing preparation 

1️⃣4️⃣ 🔋 BESS Goaltore 250MW/1GWh — ₹3,126 crore awarded PM Green; KfW €48.5M loan 

1️⃣5️⃣ 🔋 BESS 500MW/2GWh — WBSEDCL tender (Durgapur, Kharagpur, Hooghly-Arambag, Jeerat) 

1️⃣6️⃣ 🏭 BHAVYA scheme — WB named by Piyush Goyal; 3,263 acre WBIDC litigation-free land bank ready

🚢 PORTS, SHIPPING & LOGISTICS 

1️⃣7️⃣ 🚢 SMP Kolkata Port — record 70.872 MMT cargo FY2025-26 (all-time high) 

1️⃣8️⃣ 🏗️ Tajpur Deep Sea Port — ₹25,000 crore back under active examination 

1️⃣9️⃣ ⚓ JSW Infrastructure — ₹832 crore outer container terminals + 5 berths NSD (930,230 TEU capacity; ₹3,701/TEU royalty)

2️⃣0️⃣ ⚓ JSW Infrastructure — ₹740 crore Berth 7 Netaji Subhash Dock operational 

2️⃣1️⃣ 🛳️ COSCO Shipping SKX1 — Singapore-Kolkata direct service reinstated (900 TEU vessel + Bengal Tiger Lines slots)

2️⃣2️⃣ 📦 TVS ILP — logistics park agreement signed, 10 acres Siliguri 

2️⃣3️⃣ 🗑️ Solid Waste Management — ₹200 crore pilot Asansol-Durgapur belt (SBM-Urban 2.0)

🚆 RAIL & CONNECTIVITY 

2️⃣4️⃣ 🚄 Varanasi-Siliguri Bullet Train — survey July 2026; DPR March 2027 (2h 55min journey) 

2️⃣5️⃣ 🚇 Kolkata Metro Orange Line — Chingrighata viaduct Phase 1 & 2 complete ahead of schedule; Sector V target Durga Puja 2026 

2️⃣6️⃣ 🚇 Pink Line Baranagar-Barrackpore — RVNL met KMC to resolve 16-year stalled project 

2️⃣7️⃣ 🛣️ ₹93,000 crore railway projects — underway; ₹14,205 crore allocated FY2026-27 

2️⃣8️⃣ 🚂 New Kolkata-Jaipur train — sanctioned via Kharagpur 

2️⃣9️⃣ 🛤️ Third rail line survey Salboni-Adra — 107 km DPR approved 

3️⃣0️⃣ 🛤️ NJP-Siliguri doubling — 7.15 km approved 3️⃣1️⃣ ✈️ Hasimara Airport — CM green signal for civilian flight operations land acquisition 

3️⃣2️⃣ ✈️ British Airways & Lufthansa — discussions initiated to resume Kolkata operations 

3️⃣3️⃣ 🛣️ Belghoria Expressway — NHAI DPR tender floated for 6-lane elevated corridor NH-2E

💼 TELECOM, DIGITAL & INSTITUTIONAL 

3️⃣4️⃣ 📡 5G — Kolkata 100% coverage; Vi expanding to Malda, Haldia, Baharampur + 6 more Bengal cities by June 2026 

3️⃣5️⃣ 🔌 Telecom RoW Rules 2024 — adopted; BharatNet unlocked 

3️⃣6️⃣ 📡 PM Vishwakarma — rollout for 7.79 lakh Bengal artisans commenced 

3️⃣7️⃣ ⚡ Transformer Testing Facility — inaugurated MSME Testing Centre Kolkata (May 21) 

3️⃣8️⃣ 🏦 Calcutta Stock Exchange — revival talks reopened; Amit Shah assured support 

3️⃣9️⃣ 🤝 NITI Aayog — WB attending June 11; Dr Ashok Kumar Lahiri (Bengal) appointed VC 

4️⃣0️⃣ 💼 One State One License — Bengal Business Council proposed unified clearance system to WBGov 

4️⃣1️⃣ 🏗️ KMDA shelved projects revival — Ruby Skywalk ₹88 crore; EM Bypass flyover ₹900 crore; Jadavpur bridge — back under review 

MORE TO COME. ITS INVESTMENT RAINING IN BENGAL. ITS NOW BUSINESS FRIENDLY GOVT IN BENGAL ………