11-07-2025
Bengal to set up shopping malls in every district HQ, says Mamata
Kolkata: Big shopping malls would come up in each district headquarter of Bengal, CM Mamata Banerjee announced on Thursday while inaugurating leather and cottage industry centre Shilpanna in Alipore.
"We are setting up big shopping malls in every district headquarters. State govt will give land for only Re 1. But there is only one condition: we want two floors for self-help groups (SHG) as we have excellent artisans. I need two floors for women of SHGs. You can use the remaining space for a cinema hall, coffee house or whatever you wish. Whether you make the shopping mall six, seven or eight stories high, I don't need to see.
On those two floors, products which are famous in the districts will be available," Banerjee said.
The state's MSME sector "is a master in employment generation", the CM said, adding: "We are No. 1 in the country in terms of MSME. More than 90 lakh units are there where over 1.3 crore people work. We have created over 660 MSME clusters. To encourage MSMEs and small-scale industries, we have arranged bank loans worth more than Rs 9.5 lakh crore.
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Bengal has held 57 synergy meetings, and "in those meetings, we received investment proposals worth Rs 2.10 lakh crore. So, more employment will be generated", the CM said. She added that the state's social sector and industrialisation efforts have "helped reduce poverty in Bengal by 40%".
Highlighting the setting up of six economic corridors, Banerjee said: "More than 200 industrial parks, 46 private parks and 1,500 powerloom sectors have been set up."
There are 46 stalls at Shilpanna and it is fully air-conditioned. The CM added that Shilpanna will be an ensemble of different shops. "Sarees costing from Rs 300-3,000 will be available here. The leather bags you buy to travel are now produced here at much lower prices. Bengal ranks first in India in the leather industry," she said.
