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We’ll drive investments, back investors with return on investment: Invest India’s Nivruti Rai

Economic TimesEconomic Times · 1y ago
We’ll drive investments, back investors with return on investment: Invest India’s Nivruti Rai
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Nivruti Rai, CEO of Invest India, discusses her transition from Intel to Invest India and her focus on priority sectors such as agriculture, electronics, auto, clean energy, pharma, and education. Invest India's mandate is to drive investments and ensure a return on investment (RoI) for investors through policy changes, financial incentives, and technology partnerships. Rai highlights the importance of attracting investments from countries dominating key sectors, diversifying the supply chain, and focusing on building India's end-to-end semiconductor strategy. She also mentions plans for trade, R&D collaborations, and addressing investor feedback by ensuring stable, consistent, and transparent policies. Rai's team is working on creating India's landing platform to provide a comprehensive supply chain system for companies setting up operations in India.

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