Sunil Mittal urges Government to back cos like China does

NEW DELHI: Indian industry wants the government to be its overseas champion the way the Chinese government puts its might behind homegrown companies, Bharti Enterprises Chairman Sunil Bharti Mittal said on Monday. “We are facing might of the Chinese state wherever we go abroad,” said Mittal, who heads telecom-to-retail conglomerateBhartiGroup. “Indian companies are making big investments abroad. Some of them are extremely successful.

In Africa, I have seen good amount of goodwill for India, though we cannot match the amount of money they (China) commit in Africa. But government can support Indian businesses there,” Mittal said.