Include industry bodies in PM's foreign trips: Assocham 12/11/2014

Include industry bodies in PM's foreign trips: Assocham
12/11/2014 11:07
Apex industry body Assocham has requested Prime Minister Narendra Modi to include top leaders of the country’s industry chambers as part of the official delegations in his overseas tours. Economic and business agenda invariably occupies the centre stage in the international deliberations, Assocham said in a statement. "Business chambers such as ASSOCHAM with rich history, goodwill and a reach out to lakhs of businesses and trade can provide very useful inputs for the multilateral or bilateral talks, well representing a cross section of the stakeholders," ASSOCHAM Secretary General D.S. Rawat said. “Initiatives such as Make in India would certainly need a strong endorsement from the Indian industry in the presence of global business leaders,” Rawat said. Rawat added that the inclusion of business chambers in PM's visit should be only as official delegates and they should not be included as participants on the sidelines of the central agenda.