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46th World Economic Forum Annual Meeting, 2016 at Davos

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46th World Economic Forum Annual Meeting, Jan 2016, Davos

Around 40 heads of state and government, as well as 2,500 leaders from business and society attended the 46th World Economic Forum Annual Meeting, from 20 to 23 January in Davos-Klosters, Switzerland, under the theme, ‘Mastering the Fourth Industrial Revolution’. The issues on the agenda included critical current challenges, such as security, climate change and “new normal” global growth and commodity prices.

Hon’ble Finance Minister, Shri Arun Jaitley, Hon’ble Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh Shri Chandrababu Naidu & delegation, RBI Governor, Shri Raghuram G. Rajan, and Shri Ajay Tyagi, AS, DEA, Ministry of Finance, GOI attended.

Hon’ble Finance Minister, Shri Arun Jaitley’s visit
Hon’ble FM, Shri Arun Jaitley met the Swiss Federal Councillor for Finance, Mr Ueli Maurer, on the side lines of the WEF 2016 in Davos on 21 January 2016. Shri Arun Jaitley also met several Investors and world leaders at the India Pavilion and addressed the WEF with an inspiring message regarding the renewed growth momentum in the Indian economy, India’s efforts to attract investment by opening up, relaxing FDI norms, easing the ease of doing business, and setting up facilitation services to help and guide investors.

Investors Meet with Hon’ble AP CM at Zurich on Jan 19, 2016
An investor’s meet with the Hon’ble Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh Shri Chandrababu Naidu was organised on January 19, 2016 by the Embassy of India, in collaboration with the Swiss-Indian Chamber of Commerce, Zurich. It elicited considerable response and about 12 companies met the Hon’ble Chief Minister, wanting to invest billions of dollars in a wide variety of projects including cleantech, solar, hydro, water management, waste management, smart cities, textiles, food processing, gold refinery etc. Hon’ble CM encouraged all the companies to come to Andhra Pradesh and assured them of all support to the viable projects. The State of Andhra Pradesh ranks No. 2 in the Ease of Doing Business in India.