"It may even consider a package for this," DIPP Secretary Ramesh Abhishek was quoted in a CII release today.
"In his view, there is no reason why West Bengal will not become one of the principal hubs of industrial growth in the country," the release said.
Once the Amritsar-Kolkata Dedicated Freight Corridor becomes operational, most probably by March 2019, there would be a sea change in the state's industrial climate, Abhishek remarked.
"Bengal, where you get the best of talents and wherewithals, has in the past pioneered and spearheaded many historic movements," he said.