Interview

Interview with Mohit Singla, chairman, TPCI

Interview with Mohit Singla, chairman, TPCI

October 6, 2019

Mohit Singla, chairman, Trade Promotion Council of India (TPCI), spoke to Biz@India about the importance of food shows for the Indian market and the bottlenecks that bog down the Indian food processing sector.

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Fighting inequality by focusing on inclusive growth

Fighting inequality by focusing on inclusive growt...

August 21, 2019

Vijay Rupani, chief minister of the west-Indian state Gujarat in an interview with Biz@India talks about the challenges faced by the state in fighting inequality and initiatives taken by the government to address the issue.

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Ajay Kumar, Defence secretary (production)

Ajay Kumar, Defence secretary (production)

June 17, 2019

Defence secretary (Production) Ajay Kumar, speaks to Biz@India about the initiatives of the government to promote the defence industry and why there is a need to focus more on technology development and innovation. What are the major initiatives taken by the Indian government to ...

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Interview: Grzegorz Tobiszowski, Deputy Minister of Energy, Poland

Interview: Grzegorz Tobiszowski, Deputy Minister o...

January 17, 2019

A major coal producer in Europe, Poland hosted the Cop24 Climate Change Summit. In an interview, Grzegorz Tobiszowski, who has been a parliamentarian since 2013, speaks of measures to modernise the coal industry as well as cooperation with India.

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Interview: C K Mishra-Secretary, Ministry of Environment, Forest & Climate Change

Interview: C K Mishra-Secretary, Ministry of Envir...

December 1, 2018

India will begin implementing the Paris Agreement in 2021, says Secretary of Ministry of Environment, Forest & Climate Change CK Mishra in an interview with Biz@India. Mishra also talks about India’s agenda at COP24. Three years after the Paris agreement, as India prepares ...

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Helping Indian farmers to get the right prices

Helping Indian farmers to get the right prices

October 15, 2018

The Maharashtra State Agricultural Marketing Board (MSAMB) has submitted a proposal of EUR 13.5 million for construction of 108 godowns in the 108 Agriculture Produce Market Committees (APMCs) in the state.

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Ángel Gurría

Ángel Gurría

May 31, 2018

Ángel Gurría, secretary general, OECD, spoke to Biz@India about his experience at Davos 2018 and also about the structural change in policies, globalisation, sustainable development and how it can be achieved. Can you please tell us about the current mood here in Davos 2018? Th...

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Harsimrat Kaur Badal, Union Minister of Food Processing, Govt. of India

Harsimrat Kaur Badal, Union Minister of Food Proce...

October 3, 2017

With India being the one of the largest food producer in the world, Indian food processing industry has a lot of potential in the perishable sector. However, at the same time, issues related to food wastage remain. Harsimrat Kaur Badal, union minister of food processing, India, ...

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Sambhaji Patil Nilangekar

Sambhaji Patil Nilangekar

June 20, 2017

Maharashtra is pushing agro-skill initiative of the current government as the state still remains on the forefront of agricultural advancements, says Nilangekar. The western Indian state of Maharashtra has always been a pathfinder in various development initiatives. While skillin...

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Santosh Mehrotra

Santosh Mehrotra

June 20, 2017

India needs to fix its skilling challenges by devising employer driven and industry-funded mechanisms, rather than through government-sponsored programmes, says Mehrotra. Professor of economics at Centre for Informal Sector and Labour Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, Santosh...

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