Modi’s industry conference in US to attract pharma, IT players – Business Standard News
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address Indian and American industry through video conferencing during his visit to the US later this month. The interaction is being organised by the US- India Business Council (USIBC) and participants from various industry segments are likely to join the call, it is learnt.
While declining to disclose the programme’s details immediately, USIBC’s acting-president Diane Farrell said: “The USIBC is very pleased to be actively involved in planning for upcoming visits by India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi, as well as Finance and Defence Minister Arun Jaitley.”
According to a source, the conference call will be attended by a large number of players from the pharmaceutical and information technology (IT) sectors.
“The two key issues which are expected to set the stage for discussion are supply and quality of drugs, and intellectual property. These are two key issues which will certainly be part of the dialogue,” the source said.
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