‘Like In China, Entrepreneurs In India Too Will Get Full Support Soon'
Businessworld|August 31, 2019
VEDANTA RESOURCES FOUNDER and Executive Chairman Anil Agarwal explain why he remains eternally optimistic about India and how he got interested in Jet Airways, in an exclusive interview with BW Businessworld’s Suman K. Jha. Excerpts:
Suman K. Jha
‘Like In China, Entrepreneurs In India Too Will Get Full Support Soon'

Is the slowdown here part of a global phenomenon or do you think it’s specific to India?

I would say it’s more to do with India-specific conditions. Of course, external factors are also there. Maybe they would have contributed 50 percent. But India is undergoing a lot of changes and this slowdown may be attributed to that.

What are the factors behind the slowdown?

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