New Delhi [India], August 18 (ANI): Union Minister for Commerce and Industry Piyush Goyal on Monday held a gathering with Sundeep Sikka, MD and CEO of Nippon Life India Asset Management Ltd, and mentioned measures to deepen retail funding and strengthen India’s asset administration ecosystem.
Goyal mentioned the assembly additionally targeted on exploring avenues to draw better world capital into Indian markets.
‘Held a gathering with Mr. @SundeepSikka, MD & CEO of Nippon Life India Asset Management Ltd. Discussed alternatives to scale up & deepen retail funding, strengthen the asset administration ecosystem, and discover avenues for attracting better world capital into Indian markets,’ he posted on X.
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Earlier on Monday, Goyal additionally held a gathering with the Check Point Software CEO, Nadav Zafrir and mentioned the corporate’s rising engagement in India, together with its AI-driven safety to guard our digital public infrastructure.
‘Held a productive assembly with Mr. Nadav Zafrir, CEO @CheckPointSW, and mentioned the corporate’s rising engagement in India, together with its R&D enlargement and harnessing AI-driven safety to guard our digital public infrastructure. We additionally explored advancing cooperation in cybersecurity, digital belief and AI-led innovation, whereas constructing a resilient digital ecosystem to help India’s technology-driven progress,’ the Union Minister posted on X.
Piyush Goyal participated within the third Meeting of the Apex Monitoring Authority of the National Industrial Corridor Development and Implementation Trust (NICDIT), chaired by Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman.
He referred to as for quicker and outcome-oriented implementation of Industrial Corridor initiatives, with better deal with well timed funding and operationalisation.
Goyal acknowledged that BHAVYA and future industrial developments needs to be aligned with PM GatiShakti and deliberate via an built-in area-development strategy.
He referred to as for targeted investor outreach and stronger advertising and marketing of commercial nodes, together with leveraging alternatives arising from India’s Free Trade Agreements and exploring country- and sector-specific industrial enclaves.
The Minister emphasised the necessity to match investor necessities with appropriate areas and develop ready-to-use industrial ecosystems with plug-and-play infrastructure, flatted factories, employee housing and supporting financial and social infrastructure. Such an strategy, he mentioned, would facilitate quicker funding and graduation of operations.
The National Industrial Corridor Development Programme now covers 20 authorized initiatives throughout 13 States and seven Industrial Corridors.
Four industrial good cities – Dholera, Shendra-Bidkin, Greater Noida and Vikram Udyogpuri – have entered the manufacturing stage.
So far, 469 plots masking roughly 5,348 acres have been allotted, with an estimated funding potential of round Rs 2.21 lakh crore and employment potential of roughly 1.29 lakh individuals. 134 models are already in manufacturing, whereas one other 95 models are below development. (ANI)

