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Ivanka Trump in India, Nov 28, 2017

Ivanka Trump promotes and lobbies for women in India during GES 2017 Summit in Hyderabad
GES 2017  Summit theme is “Women First, Prosperity for All”   

  …… Sukhminderpal Singh Grewal, Hyderabad. National BJP Leader Sukhminderpal Singh Grewal

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  Grewal                                       

USA and India are co-hosting the 8th annual Global Entrepreneurship Summit (GES) in Hyderabad. Ivanka Trump was invited by Prime Minister Modi and she is leading the US contingent. This is the first time that women are the majority of participants at GES over 50% of the entrepreneurs are women.  GES 2017  Summit theme is “Women First, Prosperity for All” AND GES 2017 is hosting 1,200 entrepreneurs, of which 350 are from the US representing 38 US states. ….Gary Singh Grewal

Modi hard sells India, Ivanka for equitable laws for women

Hyderabad, Nov 28, 2017: A three-day international summit of entrepreneurs started here on Tuesday with Prime Minister Narendra Modi hard selling India and inviting investors from across the globe to invest in India taking advantage of a friendly climate while President Donald Trump’s daughter Ivanka said much remains to be done with regard to equitable laws for women in many developing as well as developed countries.

“To my entrepreneur friends from across the globe, I would like to say: Come, Make in India, Invest in India – for India, and for the world. I invite each one of you to become a partner in India’s growth story. And once again assure you of our whole-hearted support,” Modi said while inaugurating the 2017 Global Entrepreneurship Summit here.

The event, being co-hosted here by the US and India, is being attended by 1,500 entrepreneurs, investors and eco-system supporters from 159 countries.

Modi told young entrepreneurs from India that each of them has something valuable to contribute towards creating a New India by 2022. “You are vehicles of change and instruments of India’s transformation.”

“My government understands that an environment of transparent policies and a rule of law providing a level-playing field are necessary for entrepreneurship to flourish.

Listing various steps taken by his government in the last over three years in improving the business climate, Modi said the jump in India’s ranking in the World Bank’s Ease of Doing business Report from 142 to 100 in three years was a result of this.

“My government understands that an environment of transparent policies and a rule of law providing a level-playing field are necessary for entrepreneurship to flourish.

“A historic overhaul of the taxation system has been recently undertaken, bringing in the Goods and Services Tax across the country. Our Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code introduced in 2016 is a step towards ensuring timely resolution for stressed ventures. We have recently improved this further, preventing wilful defaulters from bidding for stressed assets,” he said.

Touching on demonetisation, the Prime Minister said tough measures have been adopted to tackle the parallel economy, check tax evasion and control black money.

“Our efforts have been recognised by Moody’s recent upgrade of India’s government bond ratings. This upgrade comes after a gap of almost 14 years.”

India, he said, has improved its rank from 54 in 2014 to 35 on the World Bank’s Logistics Performance Index. This signifies the relative ease and efficiency with which products can be moved into and from a country.

“An investment-friendly environment needs to be stable from the macro-economic perspective. We have succeeded in containing the fiscal and current account deficits and curbing inflation. Our foreign exchange reserves have crossed USD 400 billion and we continue to attract large foreign capital flows,” he said.

Speaking before the prime minister, Ivanka, who is also the US President’s Adviser, said: “When it comes to equitable laws, while many developed and developing countries have made tremendous strides, there is still much work to be done.”

She said in some countries, women are not allowed to own property, travel freely, or work without the consent of their husbands. In some other countries, the cultural and family pressure is so great that women do not feel the freedom to work outside the home.

“Our administration is striving to promote greater opportunity for women around the world, both through our domestic reforms and our international initiatives,” she said.

She also said that when women work, it creates a “multiplier effect”, and leads to more reinvestment in families and society.

“When women work, it creates a unique multiplier effect. Women are more likely than men to hire other women, and to give them access to capital, mentorship and networks. Women are also more likely to reinvest their income back in their families and communities,” she said.

She also lauded Prime Minister Narendra Modi for his belief that progress of humanity is incomplete without the empowerment of women.

“Just consider, if India closes the labour force gender gap by half, your economy could grow by over $150 billion in the next three years,” she said.

Noting that this is the first time India has hosted the Global Entrepreneurship Summit, Ivanka said it is a symbol of the strengthened friendship between our two peoples, and the growing economic and security partnership between our two nations.

Complimenting India for being one of the fastest growing economies globally, lifting millions out of poverty and for the progress achieved in science and technology, Trump said: “The people of India inspire us all.”

“The people of India have lifted more than 130 million citizens out of poverty. All of you are helping India’s middle class reach its goal of becoming 500 million people by 2030.”

This year’s summit is focused on a theme: Women First, Prosperity for All.

Stressing on women’s achievements in India, Modi said: “In Indian mythology, woman is an incarnation of Shakti – the Goddess of power. We believe women empowerment is vital to our development.”

“Indian women continue to lead in different walks of life. Our space programmes, including the Mars Orbiter Mission, have had immense contribution from our women scientists. Kalpana Chawla and Sunita Williams, both of Indian origin, have been part of US space missions,” he added.

Talking about Indian women empowerment, Modi added: “We have launched the MUDRA scheme to provide easy finance of upto one million rupees to entrepreneurs. Since its launch in 2015, over 90 million loans worth 4.28 trillion rupees have been sanctioned. Of these, more than 70 million loans have been sanctioned to women entrepreneurs.”

The US State Department and other American agencies in partnership with NITI Aayog, India’s think tank, are organising GES, which seeks to create an environment that empowers innovators, particularly women, to take their ideas to the next level.

The delegates include about 400 each from India and the US and the remaining from the rest of the world.

This is the 8th GES which brings together entrepreneurs, investors and eco-system supporters for mentoring, networking and investment matchmaking. This is the first time that the event is being held in South Asia….IANS

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Ivanka, Modi attends dinner at Falaknuma

Hyderabad, Nov 28 (IANS) US President Donald Trump’s daughter and advisor Ivanka Trump and other delegates of Global Entrepreneurship Summit (GES) on Tuesday attended a dinner hosted by Prime Minister Narendra Modi at Taj Falaknuma here.

Modi, Telangana Governor E. S. L. Narasimhan, Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao and some top politicians and industrialists dined with Ivanka on 101-seater dining table at the palace hotel. The guests were treated with a variety of delicacies including the famous Hyderabadi biryani.

For other GES delegates, the dinner was arranged in the hotel lounges.

Ivanka received a royal treatment as horse-drawn carriage of the Nizam era ferried her from the main gate to the palace atop the hill. She and other guests were greeted with a rose petal shower on entering the palace.

The White House advisor also went around the palace, which was once the residence of the Nizam, the ruler of erstwhile princely State of Hyderabad.

They all reached the palace after the inauguration of GES at Hyderabad International Convention Centre (HICC). Elaborate security arrangements were made as the palace is located in the old city of Hyderabad and is surrounded by densely populated neighbourhoods.

The Nizam’s suite, which used to be the private suite of the ruler of Hyderabad State and costs a whopping Rs 5 lakh to Rs 8 lakh a night was booked for Ivanka in case she stays at the palace.

However, she returned to Trident Hotel, where she is staying. Modi reached to Rajiv Gandhi International Airport to fly back to New Delhi.

Ivanka was the first high-profile foreign dignitary visiting the palace after it was converted into a star hotel a decade ago.

It was Nawab Vaqar-ul-Umra, the Nizam’s Prime Minister, who built the palace in 1893. Impressed by its magnificence, sixth Nizam Mir Mahboob Ali Khan bought it for himself and stayed there till 1911.

Built over 32 acres, the scorpion-shaped and all-marble palace palace stands tall in its splendour and majesty atop a hill, at 2,000 ft above sea level and overlooks the old city of Hyderabad.

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Ivanka’s compliment on poverty alleviation was for UPA: Chidambaram

New Delhi, Nov 28, 2017: Senior Congress leader and former Finance Minister P. Chidambaram on Tuesday said that US President Donald Trump’s daughter Ivanka’s compliment about India lifting 130 million of its citizens out of poverty referred to the achievement of the previous UPA government.

“When Ivanka Trump said that India had lifted 130 million people out of poverty she was referring to the UPA government’s period of 2004 to 2014 (the number was 140 million),” he said in a tweet.

The senior Congress leader’s reaction came in the wake of Ivanka Trump’s compliment in which she said, “The people of India have lifted more than 130 million citizens out of poverty. All of you are helping India’s middle class reach its goal of becoming 500 million people by 2030.”

Chidambaram also took on Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal for his remarks that the North Eastern state has become terrorist-free.

“If Assam is a terrorist-free State and there is no law and order problem (as the CM claimed) why has the state government declared the whole state as ‘a disturbed area’?,” he asked in another tweet.

Sonowal said on Monday that Assam is now a “terrorist-free” state and does not have any law and order problem….IANS

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PM Modi and Ivanka Trump USA inaugurate Global Entrepreneurship Summit - Sukhminderpal Singh Grewal

Hyderabad : 28 November 2017

National BJP Leader Sukhminderpal Singh Grewal said today our Hon'ble Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi and USA President Donald Trump's  daughter Ivanka Trump will inaugurate and address the Global Entrepreneurship Summit (GES) in Hyderabad. BJP Youth leader Grewal said that this summit comes at a time when the Government is working on several initiatives to empower women in India,  such as "Beti Bachao Beti Padhao" and others. This summit will witness women taking centre-stage on all fronts,  including panel discussions.

This summit has a majority of women participation 52.5% led by all women delegation over 10  countries. He said that this summit is being hosted for the first time in South East Asia by the Governments of India and the United States. Grewal told about the theme of "Women First, Prosperity for All," a number of leading female voices will speak at various plenaries, breakout sessions, master classes, and workshops, including tennis champion Sania Mirza, Google's Vice President of Next Billion Users Diana Louise Patricia Layfield and CEO of Afghan Citadel Software Company Roya Mahboob and others. Grewal said that this year's summit theme demonstrates the commitment of both Washington and New Delhi to empowering women in the belief that communities and countries thrive as a result across the world. The women entrepreneurs help drive innovation and job creation, besides assisting in addressing the world's most critical challenges.

BJP Youth leader told that the inaugural session will be addressed by Prime Minister Modi, Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao and Ivanka Trump and following this the session will be moderated by John Chambers, Chairman Emeritus, Cisco. He said this will see the participation of Ivanka Trump, Sibongile Sambo, Managing Director of SRS Aviation and SRS Petroleum and Marcus Wallenberg, the Chairman of Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken (SEB). Grewal told that Ivanka will also be part of a discussion on increasing women in the workforce through skills training, education and mentorship, Innovators in workforce development and training will discuss what works and what more can be done to open doors  for women at the workplace. He said that the closing session of GES will bring together key influencers that support, promote and fund women entrepreneurs.

Grewal told that all the panelists will have to share efforts to advance women in leadership positions and ensure that women have "seats at the table" while breaking down the barriers that disproportionately affect women's ability to start and grow businesses. He told that our Hon'ble Minister Commerce and Industry Shri Suresh Prabhu will also feature a panel discussion themed "Women Win, We All Win" Promoting Inclusive Environments for Women Entrepreneurs". It will be moderated by The GES has introduced a mobile application to enable seamless networking among all registered delegates. A wearable device interlinked with the application is also being provided to all delegates for use during and after the summit. About 1500 delegates have downloaded the app, 20,000 profiles have been viewed, 4,000 messages and 6,000 business cards have been exchanged and 500 meetings have already been set up. Grewal said that our Hon'ble Defence Minister Shmt. Nirmala Sitharaman and Hon'ble External Affairs Minister Shmt. Sushma Swaraj will also attend this summit.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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