Contact FICCIIndia's G20 Presidency is a Golden Opportunity to Showcase India's 'Virasat': Prahlad Singh Patel, MoS, Food Processing Industries and Jal Shakti
Nov 14, 2022
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DELHI. November 14, 2022: The whole year of events under India's Presidency of G20 is an
opportunity for us to showcase Indian culture and traditions, said Shri
Prahlad Singh Patel, Union Minister of State for Food
Processing Industries and Jal Shakti.
Addressing the industry body
FICCI event - Virasat, the Union Minister, noted that meetings organised under the
auspices of G20 in different states would showcase the local craft, culture,
dance forms, and cuisine. Minister Patel underscored that tourists visit India
to see our culture, traditions and virasat. Therefore, "it
is our responsibility to provide superlative services so that the tourists take
good memories and messages back home," he said.
During the session, Shri
BB Swain, Secretary, Ministry of Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises,
Government of India, outlined multiple initiatives by the MSME ministry for the
sector. He informed that the ministry 'took a crucial decision to extend
non-tax benefits for three years instead of earlier to all MSME, whose
categorisation had changed upwards.'
On occasion, Dr
Jyotsna Suri, Past President FICCI and Chairperson of FICCI Creative
Industries Committee & CMD, The Lalit Suri Hospitality Group, underlined
that creative industries contribute around 3.2 per cent to the global GDP. She
averred that tourism and culture go hand-in-hand.
Mr Sanjoy Roy,
Co-chair, FICCI Creative Industries Committee and Managing Director of Teamwork
Arts, noted that culture as a sector contributes USD113billion of additional
revenue to New York City and about UKP105 billion of additional contribution to
London's economy.
He
underlined that tourism and culture enterprises come under MSME. As opposed to
established sectors, these have the potential to create 99-111 jobs for every
million dollars of investment. He suggested "including the creative
industry and entertainment sector in the MSME so we can also benefit from some
of the MSME benefits."
Mr Arun Chawla, Director
General, FICCI underlined that in an increasingly interdependent world, we must
include cultural diplomacy as a core competence.
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