April 9, 2009

CII chief, Buddha to meet on West Bengal image revamp


Kolkata April 07, 2009: Venu Srinivasan, the newly appointed CII president will meet West Bengal chief minister, Buddhadeb Bhattacharya, today to discuss issues related to allowing contract farming in a state that is opposed to such a practice now.The Left Front government in West Bengal does not allow contract farming by multinationals in the state.

“We are keen to work with West Bengal to promote its image among other states and also bring back the manufacturing industry in the state. We will also advice the chief minister to allow private sector investments in agriculture”, Srinivsasan said addressing the press here.

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