“India is on a growth path, which we saw in China 25 years back. We have strong tailwinds. I personally feel it,” Mittal said.
India is on a growth path which is similar to what was seen in China 25 years back, said Sunil Bharti Mittal, Chairman of Bharti Enterprises, in an exclusive interview with Moneycontrol on the sidelines of B20 Summit India 2023 in New Delhi on August 25.
“India is on a growth path, which we saw in China 25 years back. We have strong tailwinds. I personally feel it,” Mittal said.
Mittal added that India’s story on digital is being talked about all over the world.
“I go around the globe. whether it’s the US or European nations, but importantly Latin, Africa and many of the developing nations are truly remarkably inspiring for India’s run,” he said.
Mittal also noted that India is riding on the back of a digital wave in which a few players need to play a key role on the connectivity front.
Focus on Africa
Adopting Africa as a place to do agriculture can change the world and alter food ecosystems, Mittal said, as he drew attention to the ongoing global crisis in food production.
“Sixty per cent of world’s arable and yet uncultivated land is in Africa. Today we have all seen the crisis that the world is going through on food production. Just adopt Africa as place to do agriculture, perhaps some value added agriculture…the entire world can change,” he said, while speaking at the B20 Summit.
The telecom tycoon added that Africa’s economic integration is gaining momentum, and expressed hope that the African Union will soon become a permanent member of G20.
Mittal asserted that the African voice in G20 is “absolutely important”.
Earlier, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, while addressing the B20 Summit, said that the current government has been consistently carrying out reforms for the past nine years with stable results, while reforms carried by earlier governments were erratic.