{"id":37445,"date":"2022-04-21T22:05:24","date_gmt":"2022-04-21T16:35:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tradebrains.in\/features\/wb-biz-summit-sectors-2\/"},"modified":"2022-04-21T22:05:24","modified_gmt":"2022-04-21T16:35:24","slug":"wb-biz-summit-sectors-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tradebrains.in\/features\/wb-biz-summit-sectors-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Bengal forms sectoral panels for govt-industry synergy"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"trade-content_2\" style=\"margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;text-align: center;\" id=\"trade-264897438\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/tradebrains.in\/get\/telegram\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-101992\" src=\"https:\/\/tradebrains.in\/features\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/telegram-channel-300x119.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"148\" height=\"59\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/publications\/CAAqBwgKMN3Epgswxc--Aw?hl=en-IN&amp;gl=IN&amp;ceid=IN%3Aen\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-123430\" src=\"https:\/\/tradebrains.in\/features\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/follow-on-google-news-300x82.png\" alt=\"follow-on-google-news\" width=\"222\" height=\"61\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tradebrains.in\/features\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/follow-on-google-news-300x82.png 300w, https:\/\/tradebrains.in\/features\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/follow-on-google-news-150x41.png 150w, https:\/\/tradebrains.in\/features\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/follow-on-google-news.png 468w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 222px) 100vw, 222px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><p>Kolkata, Apr 21 (PTI) The West Bengal government on Thursday announced setting up of sectoral committees to forge synergies between the authorities and industries in which business doyens will function as co-chairmen.<\/p><div class=\"trade-content_7\" style=\"margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;text-align: center;\" id=\"trade-3895990319\"><!-- Composite Start --> \r\n <div 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