WEF meet to begin tomorrow; India growth story to be watched
Jan 21 2013 , Davos
The top leaders attending this annual Davos meet would include British Prime Minister David Cameron, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev and Italy's Mario Monti, along with heads of global organisations like World Bank, IMF, WTO, United Nations, as also CEOs of hundreds of global blue-chip companies.
Indian government and India Inc will be strongly represented at the six-day event, where India's growth story and its recent slippages, amid a still struggling global economic recovery, are expected to be closely watched and widely discussed with 'Resilent Dynamism' being the theme of this year's annual World Economic Forum (WEF) meeting.
The Indian delegation, comprising of about 100 business and political leaders, would be headed by Union Minister Kamal Nath, who emerged as one of the key strategists in the passage of contentious retail FDI bill in Parliament last month.
Nath, Minister for Urban Development and Parliamentary Affairs, would be accompanied by his senior colleague and Minister for Commerce and Industry Anand Sharma, Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises Minister Praful Patel and Power Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia.
On the sidelines of this event, which would continue till January 27, the ministers are expected to meet their government leaders from various countries, as also heads of numerous MNCs to apprise them of steps being taken by India to strengthen its position as a robust investment destination




















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