India Began Building Bridges When the World Was Building Walls: Union Minister of Commerce and Industry Shri Piyush Goyal

India, Oct. 8 -- The Government of India has issued a release:

Union Minister of Commerce and Industry Shri Piyush Goyal today said that "India began building bridges when the world was building walls" while addressing the curtain raiser of the 31st CII Partnership Summit in New Delhi. He noted that India recorded USD 863 billion in exports last year and has set itself the target of achieving USD 1 trillion in exports in the current year. This would represent nearly 16 per cent growth in a year when international trade is expected to grow by only around 2.5 to 3 per cent, while the global economy remains vulnerable to shocks and global growth is expected to fall below 3 per cent.

Shri Goyal expressed confidence that India would achieve th...