Narendra Modi to push for investments in India at WEF summit in Davos

Infrastructure, manufacturing and telecom are understood to be among the focus sectors

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be looking to increase investments to India when he visits the annual World Economic Forum meet in Davos, Switzerland, later this month.

The government on Tuesday confirmed that Modi would be addressing a special plenary session on January 23 at the meet. “There is significant interest in India from international investors. Davos is the best platform to meet global bankers, industry and government,” Commerce and Industry Minister Suresh Prabhu told the media.

This will be the first participation by an Indian prime minister in the WEF in more than two decades. In 1997, the then