PM Modi narrates country’s growth story at round table conference of top CEOs; says India means business

Davos, January 23: India means business and presents an exciting opportunity for the global businesses. This was said by Prime Minister Narendra Modi while addressing a round-table conference of top CEOs in Davos on Monday late night. Notably, under the tagline of "India means business", the roundtable was attended by 40 CEOs of global companies and 20 from India.

 

During a round-table conference of top CEOs, PM Modi who was accompanied by top government officials, including Vijay Gokhale, Jai Shankar and Ramesh Abhishek also narrated India's growth story. PM Modi said that India means business and presents an exciting opportunity for the global businesses. He further emphasized on the role played by India in the world economy.

After the meeting, MEA spokesperson Raveesh Kumar tweeted about PM Modi narrating India's growth story and presenting exciting opportunities for global business in India at Davos. The spokesperson also tweeted that the prime minister hosted a roundtable meeting with CEOs of top global companies.

Before round table conference, PM Modi called on Swiss President Alain Berset and discussed ways to deepen bilateral ties. After the bilateral talk, Swiss President Alain Berset said that the discussions marked the meeting of the biggest and the oldest democracies in the world. Thanking Modi, the Swiss President said he would continue to strengthen bilateral relations with India.

MEA spokesperson Raveesh Kumar tweeted about the meeting and said, "First engagement in snowing #Davos, PM @narendramodi met with Swiss President @alain_berset. Two leaders had productive discussions on steps to further deepen our bilateral cooperation built upon our shared values of democracy and diversity. #IndiaMeansBusiness."

PM Modi arrived in Davos, Switzerland on Monday evening. He will address a plenary session of 48th World Economic Forum (WEF) today. The session will be moderated by the WEF chairman Klaus Schwab. The theme of this year's forum is- "Creating a shared future in a Fractured World". The forum aims to set an agenda to address political, economic and social challenges of recent times.

PM Modi is the first Indian Prime Minister to attend Davos summit in 20 years. The last visit by an Indian Prime Minister to the forum was former Prime Minister H. Deve Gowda back in 1997.