PM Modi inaugurates Advantage Assam 2.0 Investment and Infrastructure Summit in Guwahati
Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the Advantage Assam 2.0 Investment and Infrastructure Summit 2025 in Guwahati on 25 February 2025, saying Assam's economy had roughly doubled since the first edition in 2018.
Summary
On 25 February 2025 Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the two-day Advantage Assam 2.0 Investment and Infrastructure Summit 2025 in Guwahati. He said that when the first Advantage Assam summit was held in 2018, Assam's economy was valued at ₹2.75 lakh crore, and that it has now grown to about ₹6 lakh crore, doubling in six years; he also called Assam a crucial hub for semiconductor manufacturing. At the summit, Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw announced a new semiconductor plant for Assam, the transformation of Guwahati railway station into an IT hub, six more Gati Shakti cargo terminals in the state, two Amrit Bharat trains linking Guwahati with Delhi and Chennai, and a railway engine midlife remanufacturing facility at Lumding.
Key facts
- Date and place
- 25 February 2025, Guwahati
- Inaugurated by
- PM Narendra Modi
- First edition
- Advantage Assam, 2018
- Assam economy
- ₹2.75 lakh crore (2018) to about ₹6 lakh crore
- Amrit Bharat trains
- Guwahati-Delhi and Guwahati-Chennai
- Engine remanufacturing facility
- Lumding
- New Gati Shakti cargo terminals
- 6 in Assam
Practice MCQs 4 questions
In which year was the first edition of the Advantage Assam investment summit held, as recalled by PM Modi while inaugurating Advantage Assam 2.0?
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Correct answer: A — 2018
PM Modi noted that the first Advantage Assam summit was held in 2018, when Assam's economy was valued at ₹2.75 lakh crore.
According to PM Modi at Advantage Assam 2.0, Assam's economy, valued at ₹2.75 lakh crore in 2018, has now grown to approximately:
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Correct answer: B — ₹6 lakh crore
The PM said Assam's economy has grown from ₹2.75 lakh crore in 2018 to approximately ₹6 lakh crore, doubling in six years.
At Advantage Assam 2.0, Ashwini Vaishnaw announced two Amrit Bharat trains connecting Guwahati with which two cities?
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Correct answer: C — Delhi and Chennai
Vaishnaw announced two Amrit Bharat trains, Guwahati-Delhi and Guwahati-Chennai, to become operational in 2025.
Where in Assam did the Railway Minister announce a railway engine midlife remanufacturing facility at Advantage Assam 2.0?
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Correct answer: A — Lumding
Vaishnaw announced the establishment of a railway engine midlife remanufacturing facility at Lumding.