New Delhi, May 11 -- Sunil Bharti Mittal, Chairman of Bharti Airtel and often referred to as India's telecom czar, on Monday backed Prime Minister Narendra Modi's appeal to help the country withstand global economic uncertainties, saying there is a need to invest more within India. Mittal, speaking at the Confederation of Indian Industry Annual Business Summit, said that "we need to get away from this obsession of importing gold."

He said the Prime Minister's message was profound and that industry must play its role. "We can't escape the difficulties that the world is facing currently in economic terms. We need to play our part. We have employment of millions of people. We need to get away from this obsession of importing gold. We need t...