India Economic Summit 2009 - How Can India Become a Global Manufacturing Hub?

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How Can India Become a Global Manufacturing Hub?
While manufacturing in India has remained healthy due to strong domestic demand, its contribution to GDP is only 16%, compared to 34% in China, and largely oriented to the domestic market.

How can India increase its manufacturing competitiveness while employing millions of new entrants into the workforce?

Special Guest
Jyotiraditya Scindia, Minister of State for Commerce and Industry of India; Member of Parliament, India

Discussion Leaders
Baba N. Kalyani, Chairman and Managing Director, Bharat Forge, India; Co-Chairman of the India Economic Summit
Arun Maira, Member, Planning Commission, India
Joerg Mueller, President and Managing Director, Volkswagen India, India

Chaired by
Shekhar Gupta, Editor-in-Chief, The Indian Express, India; Global Agenda Council on the Future of Journalism

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