AI, Energy To Hospitality: Mukesh Ambani Lists 5 Priorities For Assam Amid Rs 50,000-Crore Push
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Advantage Assam: Mukesh Ambani said that Reliance will quadruple its investment in Assam over the next five years to Rs 50,000 crore
Mukesh Ambani said the initiatives would generate jobs and income. (File)
Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) Chairman and MD Mukesh Ambani listed his five key priorities for Assam as he spoke at the Advantage Assam summit on Tuesday.
The summit on February 25 and 26 will see participation of union ministers and representatives of over 60 countries, highlighting Assam’s investment potential.
Ambani said that Reliance will quadruple its investment in Assam over the next five years to Rs 50,000 crore.
A look at the five key priority areas for RIL:
1. To Make Assam tech-ready and AI-ready: “Jio has made Assam not only 2G-mukt, but also 5G-yukt. We are grateful to the people of Assam for adopting Jio with their heart. After building world-class connectivity infrastructure, we will now install high-performance computing infrastructure. Reliance will establish an AI-ready data centre in Assam, which will benefit students with AI-assisted teachers, patients with AI-assisted doctors and agriculture will benefit from AI-assisted farmers. Assam’s youth can learn from home and earn from home,” said Ambani.
2. To make Assam a hub of clean and green energy: “Reliance will build two world-class hubs of compressed biogas and CBG over wastelands in Assam. This will produce 8 lakh tonnes of biogas annually enough to fuel 2 lakh passenger cars every day,” he said.
3. To help Assam become a major supplier of food and non-food consumer products to national and international markets: “We will set up a mega food park which will add value to the abundant agriculture and horticulture produce of Assam. We have already set up a world-class bottling plant in Assam for Campa Cola.”
4. To double the number of Reliance retail stores in the state from the existing 400 to 800.
5. To boost high-end hospitality economy in Assam: “Reliance will build a seven-star Oberoi hotel in the heart of Assam,” Ambani said.
“These five mega initiatives will create tens of thousands of direct and indirect job opportunities for the youths of Assam,” he said.
Ambani also announced a philanthropic initiative by Reliance Foundation. “The state has a rich of heritage of arts and craft. Assam is one of the largest producers of bamboo. Sualkuchi, the centre of Assam’s silk industry, has the potential to grow manifold in generation of income and jobs. RIL, in collaboration with Swadesh source, will collaborate with state government to develop Sualkuchi’s potential,” he said.
Advantage Assam Summit 2.0 was inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday, February 25, in Guwahati.
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