WHY BENGAL, WHY NOW

The eastern gateway — to India, and to everything east of it.

Four international borders, two major ports, the largest MSME base in eastern India and a land bank ready for allocation. Every figure below is sourced and dated.

WHY BENGAL, WHY NOW

The eastern gateway — to India, and to everything east of it.

Four international borders, two major ports, the largest MSME base in eastern India and a land bank ready for allocation. Every figure below is sourced and dated.

23

Districts, each with an assigned nodal officer

Source · Industries Dept, 2026

58

ODOP products already identified and catalogued

Source · Industries Dept, 2026

4

International borders — Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh, Sikkim

Source · Industries Dept, 2026

2

Deep-water ports at Kolkata and Haldia

Source · Industries Dept, 2026

Connectivity

Two deep-water ports at Kolkata and Haldia, four international borders and rail freight corridors linking straight into the national network.

Talent & industry base

Eastern India's largest MSME base, a deep engineering and IT talent pool centred on Kolkata and Siliguri, and long-established manufacturing clusters.

Land & infrastructure

A land bank ready for allocation across 23 districts, each with an assigned nodal officer to move enquiries to a decision.

Ease of doing business

A single-window portal, department-by-department nodal officers and an implementation dashboard that tracks every enquiry to closure.

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