India is open for business 24/7, says Smriti Irani

New Delhi: Union Minister Smriti Irani said India is open for business round the clock and invited global businesses to tap the huge potential available in the country. She added that the Indian government believes in working in partnership with the industry and every other stakeholder.

She was addressing a breakfast session organised by industry chamber CII and consultancy giant Deloitte on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2023.

She mentioned that India runs the largest healthcare system in the world in the form of Ayushman Bharat which covers 100 million families. "It provides healthcare facilities across geographic boundaries and though it was not designed as a gendered programme, it has ended up benefitting a vast majority of women," said the minister for women and child development.

She further said that PM Narendra Modi has launched a programme to ensure every district in the country has a hospital. The government has also ensured that each sector has got a skill council that is led by an industry captain. "The government has also set up the first-ever skills ministry. The world talks about the requirement for reskilling hundreds of millions of people, India is capable of reaching that target alone."

Speaking about Covid vaccines, she said that India engaged with the world for building its own indigenous Covid vaccines but it was not done with a commercial intention but with compassion.