In a first, PM Modi to address FICCI Annual General Meeting

In a first, PM Modi to address FICCI Annual General Meeting
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address the doyens of Indian Industry here on Wednesday at the Annual General Meeting of Ficci, his first address to an AGM of a national business association after becoming the premier.

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address the doyens of Indian Industry here on Wednesday at the Annual General Meeting of Ficci, his first address to an AGM of a national business association after becoming the premier.

"After the inaugural session, Modi will interact with all the past presidents of Ficci," said the chamber. At this year's AGM, Ficci President Pankaj Patel (Chairman & MD, Zydus Cadila) will step down and Rashesh Shah (Chairman & CEO, Edelweiss Group) will take charge.

The AGM, with the theme 'Indian Business in a New India', will also be addressed by Finance Minister Arun Jaitley and Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on December 14.

Senior Congress leader Jyotiraditya Scindia will also address a special session. Four state finance ministers — Sushil Modi, also the deputy chief minister of Bihar; Amit Mitra of West Bengal, Thomas Isaac of Kerala and Haseeb Drabu of Jammu & Kashmir — will talk about GST, which was ushered in the country on July 1.

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