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Make in India Week set to rival Hannover Messe
The week-long exposition of India’s potential as a manufacturing powerhouse will be one of the largest events of its kind in the country with participation from government and industry leaders from home and abroad ablock within the Bandra-Kurla Complex (BKC), an otherwise serene office district in Mumbai, is abuzz with activity.
Trucks, cranes and an army of workers make a beeline to enter and exit the MMRDA Grounds in BKC and it is obvious that they are rushing against the clock to finish a project. The difference being that it isn’t just any other real estate project that will dot Mumbai’s skyline.
The dusty earth of the grounds is being meticulously covered with paver blocks fashioned in concrete and red carpets all over. The 220,000 sq ft area is being neatly segregated into individual, air-conditioned pavilions outlined by high-rising wooden partitions with patterns so intricate that they could well resemble the façade of a Mughal-era monument in Delhi.
The security blanket is thick and it is implicit that something important is about to happen here. After all, this is where a galaxy of personalities, including Prime Minister Narendra Modi, almost all important members of his Cabinet and the bureaucracy; heads of states from the world over and the top brass of the largest Indian and global multinational companies will congregate on February 13, 2016, to kickstart the Make in India Week – an exposition meant to showcase India’s potential as a manufacturing powerhouse and attract investments. The event, being organised by the government of India, the Maharashtra government and the Confederation of Indian Industry, will go on till February 18, 2016. Read More…