Interview
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.
Read MoreFighting 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.
Read MoreAjay 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 ...
Read MoreInterview: 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.
Read MoreInterview: 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 ...
Read MoreHelping 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.
Read MoreÁngel 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...
Read MoreHarsimrat 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, ...
Read MoreSambhaji 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...
Read MoreSantosh 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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