CII Communique - December, 2010

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a Maltese delegation to India in November 2009 and
the signing of an MoU and useful B2B meetings in New
Delhi. As an immediate outcome of the meeting on
25 November in London, Malta Enterprise has invited
a major oil and gas company, member of CII-IBF, to
visit Malta for discussing opportunities in the sector. It
has also invited CII once again to travel to Malta for
business interactions.
Inclusive Growth for Economic Development
Mr Richard Heald, Chief Executive Officer, UKIBC, gave
the UK industry view on Inclusive growth and briefly
touched upon areas, especially skills development, where
UK and India can work together. Mr Jonathan Morris,
Partner, Berwin Leighton Paisner LLP, remarked upon the
increasing involvement of industry in the whole process
of Inclusive Growth, both in the UK and India.
Moderating the session, Mr Anwar Hasan Co-Chair,
CII-India Business Forum-UK, and Director, Tata Ltd.
summed up the discussions with key points- Bottom
up approach; guiding principle to be not just to give
jobs but bring in development of the entire area; and
delivery mechanisms.
Round Table discussions with UCL
Jonathan Morris, Partner, Berwin Leighton Paisner LLP; Rajesh Prasad,
Deputy High Commissioner of India to UK; Dr Mihir Shah, Member,
Planning Commission, India; Anwar Hasan, Co-Chair, CII-IBF-UK and
Director, Tata Ltd; and Richard Heald, CEO, UKIBC
CII, in partnership with the Ministry of External Affairs,
the High Commission of India in UK and the UKIBC,
organized a conference on ‘Inclusive Growth: Imperative
for Economic Development’ on 30 November in London.
The conference provided an opportunity to both sides
to share experiences and best practices both in
Government projects and industry initiatives.
Speaking at the conference, Dr Mihir Shah, Member,
Planning Commission of India, said that India is amongst
the lowest ranked in the UNDP’s Human Development
Index, with access to quality health care and education
still a serious concern for millions. Responding to this
challenge, the Government of India has undertaken a
number of significant initiatives to instill a greater sense
of inclusion amongst the vast majority of the population.
Dr Shah outlined key issues such as - What are the
limits to market led growth? How far does a ‘rights
based approach’ constitute an adequate pathway for
greater inclusion? What is the key deficit in excluded
India today? Rights, Funds, Development or Governance,
and What can be learnt from India post 2004 about how
inclusion may or may not happen?
Mr Rajesh Prasad, Deputy High Commissioner of India
to the UK, gave an outline of the government view on
Inclusive Growth and the initiatives being taken both by
the government as well as Indian industry.
Dr Mihir Shah; Rahul Barkataky, CEO, SEWA Trade Facilitation
Centre; Dr Gunvanti Goding, Translational & Applied Research
Strategy Co-coordinator, UCL Partners Health Sciences Research
Deanery; Anthony Costello, Co-Director, UCL Centre for International
Health & Development, and; Prof Vincent C. Emery, Pro-Provost
(South Asia & the Middle East) UCL & Professor of Virology,
UCL Medical School
Dr Mihir Shah and Mr Rahul Barkataky, CEO, SEWA
Trade Facilitation Centre participated in a Round Table
organized by the UCL (University College London). The
Round Table discussed Rural Health projects, especially
women and child health, and possible partnerships
between India and the UK in terms of providing expertise
in managing the primary health care systems.
The panelists opined that enough funds were being
made available by the Government of India to run the
projects; however these projects needed expertise in
systems and it is here that partnerships could emerge.
Dr Shah summed up the discussions by saying that
India needs partnerships from the UK in systems for
managing its social security projects especially health
care in rural areas. On the other hand, in the next 10
years, there will be a reversal of roles when the UK and
rest of the western world will need India’s expertise in
projects leading to rural growth.
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