Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, on Tuesday, urged ambassadors, high commissioners of ASEAN, BIMSTEC, European and other countries, industry captains, and other stakeholders to come and invest in the northeastern state.

Sarma made the appeal during his industry interactions and diplomatic engagements in the national capital as part of the prelude to Advantage Assam 2.0– Investment and Infrastructure Summit 2025. The summit, scheduled for February 25-26 in Assam’s Guwahati, aims to attract investments in sectors including semiconductors, aerospace and defence, food processing, tourism, and renewable energy.

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In his keynote address to the diplomats from 36 countries, industry leaders and other stakeholders, the chief minister said Assam has been making rapid progress in infrastructure, health, education and other sectors in the past 10 years.

He revealed that Rs one lakh crore new infrastructure projects are coming up in the state with three more new bridges over the Brahmaputra, a satellite city around Guwahati with help from Singapore Government, railway line from Guwahati to Gelephu, Bhutan, among others.

Underscoring the importance of green energy, Sarma said that the thrust of the government has been all along on clean and green energy and renewal energy. He said that the government desires that all industries coming up in Assam draw their energy from green power sources, including the Tata semiconductor plant at Jagiroad.

Projecting a strong and robust economy of the state, the Chief Minister said Assam is one of the strongest growth engines of the country growing at a rate of 12.5 per cent.

Sarma has revealed that the government would create a corpus fund for production linked incentive of a whopping Rs 25,000 crore for ushering in rapid industrialisation in the state. “Come and become partners of Assam’s growth story,” he said.