Adani Group announces investment of over Rs 1 lakh crore conglomerate would invest more than Rs 1 lakh crore in West Bengal by in West Bengal by 2035

PTI, September 24, 2026, Kolkata : Adani Group Chairman Gautam Adani on Thursday announced that the conglomerate would invest more than Rs 1 lakh crore in West Bengal by 2035. Addressing a gathering after laying the foundation for a 2,000-bed hospital in the New Town area near Kolkata along with Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari, Adani said the group would spend Rs 4,000 crore on the multi-speciality 'Adani Arogya Mandir', and the project would create 10,000 jobs.

Adani said half of the beds at the not-for-profit hospital would be reserved for economically weaker sections eligible under state and central health insurance schemes, and the facility would also house a medical college along with research and care infrastructure.

"We expect to invest over Rs 1 lakh crore in West Bengal by 2035," Adani said, adding that the investment would span ports, logistics, power generation, transmission and distribution, roads, bridges and ropeways, green cement and hyperscale data centres.

This is the first formal mention of the Adani Group's proposal to invest in power distribution, which has so far remained the monopoly of R P Sanjiv Goenka Group, through its flagship company CESC Ltd, in Kolkata and Howrah.

CESC Ltd supplies power to the twin cities, while the rest of West Bengal, along with Salt Lake and New Town, remains under the state-owned WBSEDCL.

Explaining the rationale for the infrastructure push, Adani said ports strengthen logistics, logistics attracts industry, industry drives manufacturing, manufacturing needs energy, and energy enables digital infrastructure, adding that "jobs multiply" as the chain builds up.

Calling West Bengal the country's natural maritime and logistics bridge to North-East India and Southeast Asia, Adani said the state has the potential to become "one of Asia's greatest integrated industrial and economic platforms".

Adani also announced the group's support for the restoration of the Writers' Building, revitalisation of Kumartuli Ghat, and initiatives to showcase Kolkata's Durga Puja to the world.

Adani described Mundra Port in Gujarat as the group's first 'karmabhoomi' (land where one works), and he hoped West Bengal would become its second 'karmabhoomi'.

Adani said he had visited the Kalighat Temple earlier in the day and prayed for strength to lead, have the will to dream and energy to execute.

West Bengal's awakening and progress would translate into "India's momentum", he added.

The Adani Group Chairman said West Bengal must emerge as a key engine for the country's next growth phase, asserting that the state's strategic location made it essential to fulfil the vision of Viksit Bharat.

He said much of India's economic growth momentum over the past several decades had come from the western and southern parts of the country, but the next phase of growth must create new centres of gravity.

"For India's next trillion dollars of growth, the East must rise. This is where Bengal becomes essential to fulfil the vision of Viksit Bharat," Adani said at a programme organised by the Indian Chamber of Commerce here.

Flanked by the mineral and industrial belts of Odisha, Jharkhand and Chhattisgarh to its west and access to fast-growing Southeast Asian and Indo-Pacific markets through the Bay of Bengal, no other location in the country matches the state's combination of advantages, he said.

Adani Arogya Mandir, a world-class academic medical centre and a comprehensive healthcare ecosystem facility, will be spread over 51.75 acres, and will cater to over 2,00,000 in-patients and over 20 lakh out-patients annually, a statement said.

It will develop a research ecosystem encompassing genomics, precision medicine, biomedical informatics, artificial intelligence, clinical trials, molecular and other applied biomedical sciences.

The hospital will emphasise translating scientific discoveries into improved diagnosis, treatment and prevention, it said.

The Adani Foundation has engaged Mayo Clinic Global Consulting in the United States and Singapore's SingHealth to bring global expertise in clinical care, academic medicine, digital health, quality, workforce development and innovation, it added.