PM Narendra Modi chairs Global Investor Roundtable Conference

Nov 5, 2020, 20:38 IST

PM Modi highlighted that India showed remarkable resilience in this pandemic, be it fighting the virus or ensuring economic stability and the resilience was driven by the strength of our systems, support of the people and stability of the government's policies.

PM Narendra Modi
PM Narendra Modi

India bravely fought the global pandemic through this year and the world saw India's true strengths and its national character, said Prime Minister Narendra Modi while speaking at the virtual Global Investor Roundtable.

PM Modi highlighted that India showed remarkable resilience in this pandemic, be it fighting the virus or ensuring economic stability and the resilience was driven by the strength of our systems, support of the people and stability of the government's policies.

He continued by saying that India successfully brought out traits that Indians are known for, which include a sense of responsibility, a spirit of compassion, spark of innovation and national unity.

The Prime Minister further added that India's quest to become 'Aatmanirbhar' is not just a vision but a well-planned economic strategy. He highlighted that the strategy aims to use capabilities of our businesses &and skills of our workers to make India into a global manufacturing powerhouse.

Global Investor Roundtable Conference

The virtual Global Investor Roundtable Conference is being organised by the Ministry of Finance along with the National Investment and Infrastructure Fund. The conference aims to provide a common platform for dialogue between Indian business leaders, leading global institutional investors and decision-makers from the Indian Government and Financial Market Regulators.

Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman is also attending the conference along with Minister of State for Finance Anurag Thakur, RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das and other dignitaries.

Key Highlights

The Virtual Global Investor Roundtable Conference is expected to witness participation from twenty of the world’s largest pension and sovereign wealth funds with total assets under management worth about USD 6 trillion.

The virtual conference will witness participation from key decision-makers of these investment funds such as the CEOs and CIOs. 

The global investors will be representing key regions across the globe including the United States, Europe, Australia, Canada, Japan, Singapore, Korea and the Middle East. Some of them will be interacting with the Indian government for the first time. 

The conference will also see participation from several top Indian Business Leaders.

The virtual roundtable will primarily focus on discussions around India’s structural reforms, economic and investment outlook and the centre's vision to achieve a USD 5 trillion economy.

Significance

The virtual Global Investor Roundtable Conference will provide an opportunity to the leading global investors and Indian business leaders to engage and deliberate with senior policymakers on how to further accelerate the growth of international investments in India. The foreign investments in India during the current fiscal have been the highest -ever for the first five months of a financial year. 

The roundtable conference will provide an opportunity to all the stakeholders to further solidify existing partnerships and foster engagement with global institutional investors looking to increase their Indian investments. 

Sangeeta Nair is a news professional with 6+ years of experience in news, education, lifestyle, research and videos. She has a bachelors in History and Master in Mass Communication. At jagranjosh.com, she writes on Current Affairs. She can be reached at sangeeta.nair@jagrannewmedia.com.
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