India’s Leaders, Stakeholders Gather for One-Day Strategic Dialogue

Yann Zopf, Head of Media Operations & Events, Tel.: +41 22 869 3618, E-mail: yann.zopf@weforum.org

• World Economic Forum and Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) will host a National Strategy Day on India in New Delhi on 3rd and 4th of November
• More than 250 national stakeholders and leaders from government, business and civil society will participate in a new, one-day format under the theme “Delivering Growth in the New Context”
• Indian Minister of Finance Arun Jaitley will give an opening address
• For more information about the meeting, visit: http://wef.ch/india15 

New Delhi, India, 2 November 2015 – The World Economic Forum hosts the National Strategy Day on India in collaboration with the Confederation for Indian Industry (CII) this week on 4 November. Bringing together more than 250 national stakeholders and leaders from government, business and civil society under a new meeting format, participants will engage in an intense one-day dialogue looking at the fast-changing economic, political and social landscape in India. Indian Minister of Finance Arun Jaitley will open the meeting.

Under the theme “Delivering Growth in the New Context”, the National Strategy Day will be a platform to boost economic growth and social inclusion in India. Participants will deliberate on forces of change in India within the context of five of the World Economic Forum’s Global Challenges, including Agriculture and Food Security; Environment and Resource Security; Employment, Skills and Human Capital; Long-term Investing; Infrastructure and Urban Development; and Financial Inclusion.

“India’s continued economic growth relies on the continued success of its efforts to address challenges of sustainable urbanization, social inclusion, clean energy access and infrastructure deficit. As the International Organization for Public-Private Cooperation, and through our strong relationship with CII, we look forward to further strengthening the Forum’s India community at the National Strategy Day, and driving it toward collective commitment and impact,” said Viraj Mehta, Head of India and South Asia, at the World Economic Forum.

“The success of various reforms being undertaken by the government such as online, time-bound, checklist-driven approvals and risk-based approach to inspection is beginning to pay off. India’s ranking in the World Bank’s Ease of Doing Business Rankings is on the rise. This is a good time to focus on facilitating investment, fostering innovation, enhancing skill development, protecting intellectual property and building the best in class infrastructure”, added Chandrajit Banerjee, Director-General of the CII.

The Issue Chairs for the meeting are:

Agriculture and Food Security:

• Devendra Gangadharrao Fadnavis, Chief Minister of Maharashtra, India and Siraj Azmat Chaudhry, Chairman, Cargill India

Environment and Resource Security:

• Piyush Goyal, Minister of State for Power, Coal, New and Renewable Energy of India and Ratul Puri, Chairman, Hindustan Power Projects (Hindustan Power), India

Employment, Skills and Human Capital

• Subramanian Ramadorai, Chairman, National Skill Development Agency, India and Hari Bhartia, Founder and Co-Chairman, Jubilant Bhartia Group, India

Long-term Investing, Infrastructure & Urbanization:

• M. Venkaiah Naidu, Minister of Urban Development, Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation and Parliamentary Affairs of India and Ajit Gulabchand, Chairman and Managing Director, Hindustan Construction Company, India

Financial Inclusion:

• Jayant Sinha, Minister of State for Finance of India and Chanda Kochhar, Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer, ICICI Bank, India.

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