French Transport MoS Mariani three day Visit to India

Nksagar-Sagar Media Inc New Delhi 7 March 2011
The Hon’ble French Minister of State for Transport, Mr Thierry Mariani, is on a three day visit to India from 7th to 9th March 2011. The purpose of the Minister’s visit is to strengthen the bilateral partnership between India and France in the area of transport:
On this occasion, the French Ministry of Ecology, Sustainable Development, Transport and Housing (MEDDTL) has organized a seminar entitled “The French PPP Approach in Public Infrastructure”. The event is aimed at promoting French public and private know-how covering the financing and management of public infrastructure projects for Indian decision-makers at federal and state levels. The seminar was jointly inaugurated by Mr Mariani, Shri Kamal Nath, Hon’ble Minister of Urban Development, and Shri Randeep Singh Surjewala,Hon’ble Minister of Industries and Commerce, Government of Haryana.

Kamal Nath said France and other developed countries working on planning and execution of renewal of existing infrastructures but in India we need to create infrastructure work in big ways and need to look up for those in France which has professional approach in PPP models: He further stated " India is open to adopt and adept all modern and sustainable plans for enlarging the gamut of India's infrastructure story:

The session was preceded by a joint press conference addressed by Shri Kamal Nath and the French visiting Minister, Mr Mariani today.In the course of his stay in Delhi, Mr Thierry Mariani also held meetings with Shri C.P. Joshi,Hon’ble Minister of Road Transport and Highways, and Shri Vayalar Ravi, Hon’ble Minister of Civil Aviation. Urban Development Minister Kamal Nath on Monday said there is also need for reforms in governance to bring about more development.

Urban Development Minister Kamal Nath on Monday said there is also need for reforms in governance to bring about more development."The next phase of reforms has to happen and along with that we have to look at just not reforms in trade and investment. We could look at reforms in governance," Nath told reporters in New Delhi after receiving the Report on Indian Urban Infrastructure and Services.Asked about his views on liberalisation and FDI in the urban sector, Nath said, "Liberalisation is a continuous process.What we followed in India starting from 1991 when the reform process started, it was calibrated reforms."

He said following the process of calibration, a large number of reforms have been undertaken."We have done a large number of reforms. Some are still required to be done and we have to calibrate this," Nath said.

Cautioning against rampant liberalisation, Nath said, "So that Indian industry, Indian financial institutions are able to absorb this (liberalisation). We cannot have rampant liberalisation, you can't have rampant reforms."He said the success of India's reform story is that it is very "India specific, because it is calibrated" "The next phase of reforms has to happen and along with that we have to look at just not reforms in trade and investment. We could look at reforms in governance," Nath told reporters in New Delhi after receiving the Report on Indian Urban Infrastructure and Services.Asked about his views on liberalisation and FDI in the urban sector, Nath said, "Liberalisation is a continuous process.What we followed in India starting from 1991 when the reform process started, it was calibrated reforms."

He said following the process of calibration, a large number of reforms have been undertaken."We have done a large number of reforms. Some are still required to be done and we have to calibrate this," Nath said.Cautioning against rampant liberalization, Nath said, "So that Indian industry, Indian financial institutions are able to absorb this (liberalisation). We cannot have rampant liberalisation, you can't have rampant reforms."He said the success of India's reform story is that it is very "India specific, because it is calibrated".