ENA Sectors 2023-08-17 16:43:04 <p><span style="font-size:14px"><strong>New Delhi, Aug 17 (KNN)</strong> Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in a meeting with the governor of Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC) discussed ways to bring in more investments in India.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size:14px">During the meeting with JBIC Governor Hayashi Nobumitsu in New Delhi on Wednesday, both exchanged views on JBIC's recent activities in India contributing towards Japan's venture focus of five trillion yen throughout the following five years.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size:14px"><strong><a href="https://bit.ly/3B9mZSj"><img alt="FOLLOW US on GOOGLE NEWS" src="https://knnindia.co.in//uploads/gallery/GoogleNews.jpg" style="border-style:solid; border-width:1px; height:95px; margin:1px; width:299px" /></a></strong></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:14px">Sitharaman talked about the PMGatiShakti drive and other empowering strategies created in the blue economy area and encouraged JBIC to bring in investment for India for handling of marine food items, logistics and transportation development and furthermore in arising areas like artificial intelligence, Hydrogen-based energy and semi-conductors.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size:14px"> The Union Finance Minister observed that India has been ranked by the JBIC as one of the most attractive investment destinations in recent years' survey of Japanese manufacturing companies and encouraged engagement of JBIC with Indian financial institutions such as Exim Bank, NIIF and lending banks to leverage the strength and complementarities of both countries, the finance ministry said in a statement posted on X.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size:14px"> JBIC Governor appreciated the initiatives of Government of India towards facilitating Investment through various instruments like PLI schemes and National Infrastructure Pipeline NIP; besides GST reforms, the ministry said.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size:14px">Nobumitsu expressed that JBIC is additionally anticipating investigate more opportunities for mutually beneficial engagements between the two nations. <em><strong>(KNN Bureau)</strong></em></span></p> 34474 https://knnindia.co.in/news/newsdetails/sectors/finance-minister-nirmala-sitharaman-encourages-jbic-to-bring-in-investments-in-india 2023-08-17 16:43:04 knnindia.co.in