Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman met with CEOs from corporations such as Deloitte, Accenture, FedEx, and Mastercard in Washington DC today. They covered a range of topics, including establishing R&D centres in India, upskilling personnel, small business training and digitalisation, climate action, and financial inclusion.
Julie Sweet, the Chair and CEO of the multinational IT firm Accenture, backed the Government of India's proactive and transparent approach during her meeting with the Finance Minister.
According to the Finance Ministry's Twitter handle, Sweet also stated that the company is expanding its presence in other Tier-2 cities in India and is concentrating on upskilling talent to prepare for upcoming prospects. Accenture's CEO also informed Sitharaman that women make up 47% of the company's employees in India.
"I was not surprised that the minister is very committed to helping Indian businesses, and we get to meet with her on a regular basis through our association with NASSCOM, and it's just a sign of how hard India works to ensure that they are listening to the business community and assisting us as we continue to invest," Sweet said after her meeting with the Finance Minister.
"We're really fortunate to have an excellent talent in India from an extraordinary group of 100,000 people, and we genuinely appreciate the government's effort in making India a great place to conduct business," she continued.
The Union Minister also met with Deloitte's CEO, Punit Renjen, to discuss issues such as Deloitte's expansion into smaller Indian cities such as Coimbatore and Bhubaneswar. "Deloitte has developed instruments to improve the access of the rural poor to health facilities and has also committed to climate action in India," Renjen added.
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