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WEF 2015: India Adda makes way for 'Make in India'

The 'Make In India' lounge has also painted big hoardings like 'whatever you want to make, make in India' as also 'from satellites to submarines, from pharma to biotech'.

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WEF 2015: India Adda makes way for 'Make in India'
DAVOS: It is a ' Make in India' lounge here at Davos for this year's WEF annual summit, in place of the famous 'India Adda' that has been frequented by Indian and other leaders to savour desi delicacies and do some networking.

To bring Prime Minister Narendra Modi's ambitious programme to this annual gathering of the global elite, the India Brand Equity Foundation (IBEF)) has decided to discontinue the earlier name 'India Adda' from its lounge that is set up every year in the famous Davos landmark of Schneider Cafe.

With lion logos in different colours for different sectors identified for this initiative, the 'Make In India' lounge has also painted big hoardings like 'whatever you want to make, make in India' as also 'from satellites to submarines, from pharma to biotech'.

The IBEF is a Commerce and Industry Ministry initiative and has been participating in WEF meetings for years, while providing a meeting group for Indians attending the summit.

Among others, the lounge, to be functional from tomorrow, will be visited by Finance Minister Arun Jaitley and Power Minister Piyush Goyal, as also by business leaders from India and around the world.

A brain child of Modi, 'Make In India' initiative is aimed at making the country a manufacturing hub as well as facilitate investment, foster innovation and enhance skill development, among others.
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"India is a $2-trillion economy today. Can we not dream of an India with a $20-trillion economy?" the prime minister asked in an address that detailed the Narendra Modi doctrine of development in a comprehensive manner, each element segueing into the next.

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Earlier in the evening, delivering the welcome address MoS Finance Jayant Sinha emphasised on the need to ensure an 'Innovative India'. "We all want to see India grow at 7-8%. We also have to have an innovation-driven economy, apart from being globally competitive," he said.

"We want to ensure that people entering the workforce get good quality jobs. We have to keep entrepreneurs in India, to make sure that we innovate in India," Sinha said.

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Infosys co-founder NR Narayana Murthy stressed on need to create jobs in order to make India economically strong. "We have to ensure that tax collection goes up, and that the taxes are utilized properly," Murthy said.

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Andhra Pradesh CM N Chandrababu Naidu spoke of the challenges that India faces and expressed faith that the 21st century 'belongs to India'. "We have many challenges to overcome, be it in ease of doing business or HDI. I am confident that India will see reforms in all walks of life under PM Narendra Modi," Naidu said.

"Government is preparing good ground for state governments to compete with each other. India is going to move forward under the leadership of PM Narendra Modi," Naidu said.

Inviting investors to invest in his state, Naidu said, "Those interested in investing in our state are welcome. We can give 24*7 power."

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