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IANS - Kolkata, West Bengal: Member Economic Advisory Council to the Prime Minister, Government of India, Sanjeev Sanyal says, "At least as the maths stands today, the only credible one that you can get into a high growth zone is Kolkata. It just is by some margin much bigger than any other existing economic cluster in eastern India. So reviving Kolkata, as I keep saying is critical in getting eastern India going again because as Kolkata generates growth, it will not just generate growth for West Bengal..."

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IANS - Kolkata, West Bengal: Member Economic Advisory Council to the Prime Minister, Government of India, Sanjeev Sanyal says, "Odisha and Bihar, even then were quite poor, and their relative per capita income was about in the range of 70-71% of the national average. So even in that time, they were below the national average. But notice that Bengal was above, significantly above. Now look at what happens after that. You look at the performances of Maharashtra and Gujarat after 1960-61. So, as I told you, Maharashtra's performance through this entire period has been reasonably consistent..."

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IANS - Kolkata, West Bengal: Member Economic Advisory Council to the Prime Minister, Government of India, Sanjeev Sanyal says, " Karnataka's economy is slightly bigger than that of UP, of today's UP. And then there is Gujarat at 8.1%. These are the biggest economies of today. Notice here that West Bengal is clearly dropped off. Now I am going to do the same analysis of relative performance, looking at per capita income. So, the first top five major states measured in terms of relative per capita income in 1960-61, one was Delhi. Obviously, Delhi has an advantage of being a city. But nevertheless, Delhi in relative per capita income terms had the highest. Maharashtra was the second highest, interestingly West Bengal was the third..."

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IANS - Kolkata, West Bengal: Member Economic Advisory Council to the Prime Minister, Government of India, Sanjeev Sanyal says, "There is absolute consciousness about the fact that something needs to be done about eastern India, I have stated this and so has senior members of the government, have made this point that India has a eastern problem... Begin to think Kolkata again as a growth generator..."

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Kolkata, West Bengal: Governor C.V. Anand Bose, chief guest at the Calcutta Chamber of Commerce, presided over the inaugural session of the 194th Annual General Meeting and the presentation of the CCC Sports Excellence Awards at a private hotel in Kolkata..."

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Kolkata, West Bengal: When asked about his view on West Bengal and the business prospects here, Ambassador of the Republic of Philippines to India, Josel Francisco Ignacio, says, "We are here now, through the very good offices and generosity of the Calcutta Chamber of Commerce, trying to precisely have a meeting of the minds. We are exploring what mutual and reciprocal opportunities exist between West Bengal and the Philippines..."

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Kolkata, West Bengal: When asked about future plans to strengthen the India-Philippines partnership, Ambassador of the Republic of Philippines to India, Josel Francisco Ignacio, says, "One of the strong pillars of engagement between the Philippines and India, uninterrupted since we established relations, is the people-to-people connection, including in the field of education. We are pleased that the Philippines hosts tens of thousands of Indian students studying medicine. Many Indian entrepreneurs have also earned their degrees from the Asian Institute of Management in Makati City in the Philippines..."

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Kolkata, West Bengal: At a special session of the Calcutta Chamber of Commerce on promoting the India-Philippines partnership, Ambassador of the Republic of Philippines to India, Josel Francisco Ignacio, says, "I am pleased to report that last year we celebrated 75 years of Philippines-India diplomatic relations. Over these six decades, the relationship has been problem-free, very fruitful, and filled with amity. But I would have to say that over the past decades, and especially the past five years, our relationship has truly leveled up..."

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Kolkata, West Bengal: Philippine Ambassador to India Josel F. Ignacio says, "Philippines and India celebrated 75 years of diplomatic relations last year...The relationship between the two nations has improved over the last five years...Our trade in 2023 reached $3 billion for the first time and I am happy that last year, 2024, we managed to sustain this level of above $3 billion...A lot of Indian companies are doing business in the Philippines, making great profits from the Philippines...I also want to explore the opportunities here in West Bengal...One of my priorities is to restore direct air connectivity between the Philippines and India, which has not been there for at least a decade now...Within this year, we are very confident that we will see the restoration of direct air connectivity...We have a lot of respect for external affairs minister Dr S.Jaishankar and he enjoys a very good relationship with foreign secretary Enrique Manalo...He has also made statements for supporting the Philippines in our efforts to secure and defend our sovereignty..."

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