Adani Group will invest over ₹4,000 crore in a 2,000-bed not-for-profit hospital in West Bengal, as part of a ₹1 lakh crore investment plan by 2035 in Bengal

New Delhi/West Bengal: Adani Group Chairman Gautam Adani on Thursday announced an investment of more than ₹4,000 crore in a new hospital in New Town, Kolkata. The 2,000-bed not-for-profit facility will be called Adani Arogya Mandir. The announcement came during the foundation stone-laying ceremony for the project on September 24, 2026. Adani also announced plans to invest more than ₹1 lakh crore across West Bengal by 2035.

Adani Group breaks ground on a major Kolkata hospital

Gautam Adani announced the investment while laying the foundation stone for Adani Arogya Mandir in New Town. His wife, Priti Adani, and son, Karan Adani, also took part in the bhumi pujan and foundation stone ceremony.

Adani said the group will invest more than ₹4,000 crore in the hospital, medical college and research facility.

The project has now grown significantly from the proposal reported earlier in August. At that time, reports had described a 1,000-bed hospital with an investment of around ₹1,200 crore. The current plan doubles the planned capacity to 2,000 beds and raises the investment to more than ₹4,000 crore.

What Adani Arogya Mandir will offer

Adani Arogya Mandir will operate as a not-for-profit medical institution. The 2,000-bed facility will also include a medical college and research infrastructure.

The project will bring treatment, medical education and research under one campus. It will provide space for doctors and other healthcare professionals to train while also supporting specialised medical services.

The group has described the facility as a major healthcare project for West Bengal. The larger medical centre is expected to strengthen healthcare capacity in the state and create opportunities for medical education and research.

Free care built into the model: who benefits

A major part of the hospital’s plan focuses on patients from economically weaker sections.

Of the 2,000 beds, 1,000 will be reserved for eligible patients from economically weaker sections who can access treatment through state and central government health insurance schemes.

This means half of the hospital’s planned beds will be linked to beneficiaries covered by these schemes. The arrangement forms an important part of the project’s not-for-profit model.

A ₹1 lakh crore roadmap for Bengal by 2035

The hospital is part of a much larger investment plan for West Bengal.

Adani said the Adani Group plans to invest more than ₹1 lakh crore, or about ₹1 trillion, in the state by 2035. The group plans to spread this investment across several sectors rather than focus only on healthcare.

Adani presented the hospital as an early part of this wider commitment. He said healthcare can improve individual lives, while infrastructure can create wider economic opportunities.

The announcement places healthcare alongside a range of planned infrastructure and industrial investments across the state.

Beyond healthcare: ports, power, roads and data centres

The group’s wider investment plan covers ports and logistics as well as the power sector.

Adani said the group plans to invest in power generation, transmission and distribution, roads, bridges and ropeways. The plan also includes green cement and hyperscale data centres.

These projects cover both physical infrastructure and digital infrastructure. However, the group has not provided individual timelines or investment amounts for each of these projects in the announcement.

The broader plan is aimed at expanding Adani Group’s presence across several parts of West Bengal.

A nod to Kolkata’s history: the Writers’ Building restoration

The Adani Group has also announced support for the restoration of Kolkata’s historic Writers’ Building.

The building dates back to the East India Company’s period and originally served as an office for its administrative staff. It later became an important centre of the West Bengal government.

The restoration plan adds a heritage component to the group’s wider Bengal investment programme. Reports have also linked the project with the group’s plans for other Kolkata initiatives.

Why Adani sees Bengal as strategically placed

Adani also highlighted West Bengal’s location as an important advantage.

The state sits between India’s industrial heartland, the Northeast and the Bay of Bengal. This gives it a natural role in maritime trade, logistics and regional connectivity.

Adani said this location gives Bengal “a structural advantage few regions can match.”

The group sees this geographic position as an opportunity to expand infrastructure and connect different markets. Its planned investments in ports, logistics, roads and power fit into this larger approach.

Jobs and what this means for the region

The hospital project alone is expected to create more than 10,000 jobs across West Bengal’s healthcare ecosystem.

The jobs will cover different areas linked to the hospital, including medical services, education, research, administration and other support functions.

The wider ₹1 lakh crore investment plan could also create employment across sectors such as logistics, power, infrastructure and data centres. The group, however, has not provided a combined job figure for all the planned projects.

The foundation stone has now been laid for Adani Arogya Mandir in New Town. The project will combine a 2,000-bed hospital with medical education and research facilities.

Adani Group’s larger West Bengal plan will extend beyond healthcare to infrastructure, energy, logistics and digital projects through 2035.