August 19, 2023 / 21:41 IST
Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman chaired review meeting on the development and growth of India’s maiden International Financial Services Centre at GIFT City at Gandhinagar. She emphasised on:
--The need for all stakeholders to recognise and support the identified pathways to elevate GIFT City as a premier financial hub
--GIFT City should set out priorities for attracting more and more business and creating large-scale investment
--Proactive engagement by IFSCA and IRDAI with leading global insurance companies to establish GIFT City as a premier global hub for insurance and reinsurance
--Utilising maximum potential of Indian International Bullion Exchange IFSC (IIBX) in ensuring disintermediation and efficient price discovery
--Expansion of portfolio of services in sunrise niche areas such as logistics for precious metals, global insurance, aircraft-and-ship leasing to be provided out of GIFT City_
--Making GIFT City the global hub for accounting and financial back-office functions through a comprehensive legal framework, catering to accounting, auditing, and taxation professionals
--Collaboration between financial sector regulators in stimulating business activities in GIFT-IFSC
August 19, 2023 / 21:30 IST
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Top Highlights of Piyush Goyal’s Speech at IFBA:
--Indian economy is in good shape with $600 billion foreign reserves. India is the fastest growing large economy in the world
--We witnessed lowest inflation rates have been witnessed in last 9 years
--India's growth aim of 35 trillion in GDP gives largest business opportunity in the world
--It's a 30/30 journey, enjoying fruits of our demographic dividend; For next 30 years we will continue to be a large young population of people below 30
--The most important program of this government was giving access to toilets to everyone in the country.
-- In future, India will create value for shareholders but also focus on sustainable and inclusive growth
-- Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal asserted that India will become part of top 3 economies of the world
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Snippets from Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal’s speech at IFBA:
“During and post covid as well 800 mln people are getting free food. Country today does not have a single starvation death.”
“Over 120 million toilets made over last few years.”
“This is India's time in sun -- to grow, invest and expand.”
“India will create value for shareholders but also focus on sustainable and inclusive growth.”
August 19, 2023 / 19:56 IST
Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal speaks:
Encouraged by the inflation situation in India, Piyush Goyal said, “We are facing small hiccups in inflation. However, we have faced the lowest inflation in this 9 year period.” “India today is enjoying fruits of our demographic dividend with an average population under 30 years age,” he added.