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Friday, August 15, 2025
Volume 16 . Issue 72
IWK: What is the biggest takeaway from summits like this? Does anything actually happen or is it just talks?
RA: To be honest, most summits are simply talk shops. But I certainly hope something concrete comes out of this one. People to people interaction works out actually well. The relation between India and NZ are under-developed. There is a huge potential given all the things we have in common.
IWK: With regard to Make in India initiative, which you skipped in your presentation just now, what do you think has happened so far?
RA: Everything is happening on the government’s side. They are moving the barriers in investment in India. The IPP (Industrial Policy and Promotion) that is looking at it has a very efficient bureaucrat in charge. You will see the effects of Make in India two years from now.
IWK: How can NZ contribute towards Indian economy? Which areas should NZ focus on?
RA: What NZ has to offer is not primary commodities. NZ should contribute services to India. The services that are required to make Make in India happen and to move India to the next level, that is what NZ should work on. If I were running policies, I would concentrate on this rather than dairy and primary products, which will always run into political waters.
IWK: What is that one thing that stood out at the budget this year placed in the Indian Parliament?
RA: If you have to pick one thing, it would definitely be setting the stage for GST. The other thing that stood out was the mechanism to have cooperative federalism in place where more and more things are being pushed to the state level.
IWK: What is the biggest takeaway from summits like this? Does anything actually happen or is it just talks?
RA: To be honest, most summits are simply talk shops. But I certainly hope something concrete comes out of this one. People to people interaction works out actually well. The relation...
IWK: What is the biggest takeaway from summits like this? Does anything actually happen or is it just talks?
RA: To be honest, most summits are simply talk shops. But I certainly hope something concrete comes out of this one. People to people interaction works out actually well. The relation between India and NZ are under-developed. There is a huge potential given all the things we have in common.
IWK: With regard to Make in India initiative, which you skipped in your presentation just now, what do you think has happened so far?
RA: Everything is happening on the government’s side. They are moving the barriers in investment in India. The IPP (Industrial Policy and Promotion) that is looking at it has a very efficient bureaucrat in charge. You will see the effects of Make in India two years from now.
IWK: How can NZ contribute towards Indian economy? Which areas should NZ focus on?
RA: What NZ has to offer is not primary commodities. NZ should contribute services to India. The services that are required to make Make in India happen and to move India to the next level, that is what NZ should work on. If I were running policies, I would concentrate on this rather than dairy and primary products, which will always run into political waters.
IWK: What is that one thing that stood out at the budget this year placed in the Indian Parliament?
RA: If you have to pick one thing, it would definitely be setting the stage for GST. The other thing that stood out was the mechanism to have cooperative federalism in place where more and more things are being pushed to the state level.
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