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Advantage Assam 2.0 initiated development and investment in Assam: CM

Guwahati, May 18 (UNI) Mega investment summit, Advantage Assam 2.0 has initiated a new era of development and investment in Assam, said Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Sunday while addressing a Memorandum of Understanding Exchange ceremony with key investors at Guwahati 's Srimanta Sankardeva Kalakshetra.
The Chief minister said that the Assam Government on Sunday exchanged memorandums of understanding with investors for 20 mega projects worth Rs. 22,900 crore.
It may be mentioned here that during the Advantage Assam 2.0, the Assam Government had signed MoUs worth over Rs. 5 lakh crore with domestic as well as foreign companies.
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