Government of Jammu & Kashmir

P R E S E N T ECONOMIC C O N V E N T I O N 2 0 1 6 “Ideas for India of Tomorrow” 30th September - 1st October, 2016 | Chandigarh

ABOUT THE CONFERENCE ndia Economic Convention is an annual event with an aim to bring together leaders from the government, Ibusiness, think-tanks, academia and research organisations as well as global experts to discuss some of the pertinent economic issues, challenges and opportunities for India. This premier annual event provides an ideal platform for exploring the key policy challenges and gathering innovative ideas and suggestions to drive growth, create livelihood opportunities and ensure sustainable development of the country.

The theme for 2014 was The theme for 2015 was INDIA ECONOMIC “A New Growth Paradigm for India” “Architecture for Growth" C O N V E N T I O N Reminiscences 2014 and 2015

Some people think one solution can work everywhere in the country; this is not possible. It is imperative that we identify the strength of our States, their power and how we can make them more powerful. - Q U O T E S

In a situation when there is a turmoil We want to build India’s productive Along with the state governments, the by the day, government is trying to capacity so that we can sustain 8-10% Centre was focusing on removing the make fundamentals of Indian economy non inflationary GDP growth rate not policy impediments and red tapism to sound so that its ability to resist just for few years, but be able to boost investments and realize the changes substantially increases achieve that 8-10% growth steadily goals of ‘Make in India’ through boom and bust cycles - - Jayant Sinha - The theme for 2014 was The theme for 2015 was INDIA ECONOMIC “A New Growth Paradigm for India” “Architecture for Growth" C O N V E N T I O N Reminiscences 2014 and 2015

Some people think one solution can work everywhere in the country; this is not possible. It is imperative that we identify the strength of our States, their power and how we can make them more powerful. - Narendra Modi Q U O T E S

In a situation when there is a turmoil We want to build India’s productive Along with the state governments, the by the day, government is trying to capacity so that we can sustain 8-10% Centre was focusing on removing the make fundamentals of Indian economy non inflationary GDP growth rate not policy impediments and red tapism to sound so that its ability to resist just for few years, but be able to boost investments and realize the changes substantially increases achieve that 8-10% growth steadily goals of ‘Make in India’ through boom and bust cycles - Arun Jaitley - Jayant Sinha - Nirmala Sitharaman ORGANISERS USINDIA

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Partner State - Government of Jammu & Kashmir

The Government of Jammu and Kashmir is the governing authority of the Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir and its 3 Divisions and 22 districts. The State’s economy is mainly driven by tourism, horticulture and handicraft sectors. ORGANISING COMMITTEE Chairman Haseeb A Drabu Shakti Sinha A Didar Singh Minister of Finance, Culture and Former Chief Secretary, Andaman and Secretary General, FICCI Union Minister for Railways Labour & Employment, Govt. of Nicobar Islands Jammu & Kashmir Prashant Modi Members Shaurya Doval President, International Chamber of Nirmala Sitharaman N K Singh Director, India Foundation Commerce, India Union Minister of State for Former Member of Parliament Rajya Sabha Harshavardhan Neotia John Chambers Commerce & Industry (I/C) President, FICCI Chairman, US-India Business Council Jayant Sinha Bibek Debroy Union Minister of State for Member, NITI Aayog Jyotsna Suri Mukesh Aghi Civil Aviation Immediate Past President, FICCI President, US-India Business Council

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