Rahul Gandhi to address CII’s Annual Session on 4 April 2013
CII Annual Session to focus on imperatives of growth, security and governance for India
The Annual General Meeting and National Conference of Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) will be held on 3rd and 4th April 2013 at New Delhi.
The
two-day event would have a galaxy of speakers deliberating on a range
of issues that are of importance to India and Indian Industry at the
present moment. Dr Manmohan Singh, Hon’ble Prime Minister of India will
inaugurate the National Conference which will bring together Union
Cabinet Ministers, Chief Ministers, key policy makers, Government
functionaries, strategic thinkers, industry leaders and media. Announcing
this, Mr Chandrajit Banerjee, Director General, CII revealed that the
theme for this year’s Conference is ‘India of Tomorrow: Imperatives of
Growth, Security and Governance’. “The theme has been designed keeping
in mind the great need for focusing on issues where industry can play a
greater role in nation building and creating an enabling business
environment,” Mr Banerjee said.
The
CII Release highlighted that Day 1 of the high-profile National
Conference will feature discussion on key issues including future of
industrialization, overcoming the challenges of governance, enforcement
and implementation; and Indian economic reforms vis-à-vis the world.
With the highpoint of the day being the inauguration and address by the
Prime Minister, the Conference is slated to witness a packed house, with
a galaxy of erudite speakers to follow. Mr Anand Sharma, Minister of
Commerce & Industry and Textiles will share his perspective on
industrialization while Mr Kapil Sibal, Minister of Communications &
Information Technology will deliberate on the challenges of governance,
said the CII release. Professor K V Thomas, Minister of State (I/C) for Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution
would lead the discussions on India’s food security. The States and the
impact of economic reforms would also be under discussion with Dr Raman
Singh, Chief Minister of Chhattisgarh and noted economists like Dr
Surjit Bhalla and Dr Janmejaya Sinha. Key economic Secretaries to the
Government of India, led by Mr Ajit Seth, Cabinet Secretary would
present their perspective on the issue of implementation, which is often
considered to be an area of challenge for India.
A
special plenary session will kick-off the deliberations on Day 2 with
Indian National Congress Vice President, Mr Rahul Gandhi. This will be
followed by discussion on topics like role of the public sector with Mr
Praful Patel, Minister for Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises and
possible alignment of economics and politics by luminaries like Dr
Montek Singh Ahluwalia, Deputy Chairman, Planning Commission, Mrs Sheila
Dikshit, Chief Minister of NCT of Delhi, Mr Bhupinder Singh Hooda,
Chief Minister of Haryana and Mr Ravi Shankar Prasad, Deputy Leader of
BJP Parliamentary Party in Rajya Sabha and Chief Spokesperson, BJP.
The
power-packed deliberations will befittingly be concluded with a
dialogue with Mr Arun Jaitley, Leader of the Opposition in Rajya Sabha
and Member of Parliament, Bharatiya Janata Party, who would be
delivering the valedictory address.
The
CII release said that while stalwarts like Dr Sam Pitroda, Chairman,
National Innovation Council; Mr Arun Maira, Member, Planning Commission;
Mr Harish Salve, Senior Supreme Court Counse would address the
Conference, the audience will also have an opportunity to understand the
viewpoints of young MPs like Mr Manickam Tagore, Mr Tarun Vijay, Mr B J
Panda and debutantes like Mr Kavin Bharti Mittal, Head of
Strategy/New Product Development, Bharti Softbank Holdings Pte. Ltd.
Key policy makers, thought leaders, corporate and media leaders would
participate in the delberations, said the CII release.
The
Annual Session being a much awaited flagship event of CII, over 1500
participants from the industry across the country are expected to attend
the Conference.
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