India Inc. cheers young faces in new cabinet

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SME Times News Bureau | 29 Oct, 2012
Amid the dashed hopes for a larger role for Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi, India Inc. Sunday cheered the induction of youths in the reshuffled cabinet.

Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) president R.V. Kanoria said, "It is good to see a couple of young faces with independent charge in the Union cabinet."

"We wish the new team all success in taking economic reforms forward and put the economy on a higher growth trajectory," the FICCI chief added.

Described as members of Rahul Gandhi's youth brigade, Jyotiraditya Scindia and Sachin Pilot were elevated to ministers of state with independent charge for power and corporate affairs respectively, while party spokesperson Manish Tewari has now been given independent charge of the information and broadcasting ministry as minister of state.

The Confederation of Indian Industry (CII), the apex industry chamber, welcomed the reshuffle and said it has "ensured that there is a fair mix of youth and experience in the cabinet.

"India?s young demographics is starting to get reflected in the political leadership of the country, which is only natural," it said.

"The reshuffle has ensured that there is a fair mix of youth and experience in the cabinet. India's young demographics is starting to get reflected in the political leadership of the country, which is only natural," CII said in a statement issued Sunday.

Congratulating the new ministers, CII director general Chandrajit Banerjee said: "Over the years, CII has had close relationship with most of the ministers and we look forward to build further on these in order to ensure that the government-Industry partnership becomes an effective pillar of nation building."