Ex-Prez Pranab Mukherjee raises concerns over protectionism
Team Udayavani, Nov 28, 2018, 7:40 PM IST
Bengaluru: Former President Pranab Mukherjee Tuesday raised serious concerns over growing protectionism which is affecting the outcome of world trade.
“I am the signatory to the WTO document and agreement on behalf of India. All of us pledged to create a free market and gradual dismantling of protectionism. Unfortunately, growing protectionism is seriously affecting the outcome of world trade,” he said here.
Mukherjee, who is also a veteran Congress leader, said this while addressing the golden jubilee celebrations of St Joseph’s Institute of Management here.
He also said he was the signatory to WTO document and agreement on behalf of India.
Mukherjee said any country cannot create artificial barriers through protectionism in the days of global villages.
The former President urged students and faculty of St Joseph’s Institute of Management to come out with suitable answers to meet the great challenge of protectionism of this generation.
India also needs answers as to where its business should invest its energy and its resources, he said.
“We also need syllabus that match the needs of the socio-economic environment for its transformation,” he added.
Mukherjee also urged people to build a conducive atmosphere to achieve socio-economic transformation as ingrained in the Indian Constitution, which is a great Magna Carta.
Udayavani is now on Telegram. Click here to join our channel and stay updated with the latest news.
Top News
Related Articles More
Congress in K’taka to stage protest on Apr 28 against ‘paltry’ drought relief given by Centre
LS Polls 2024: PM Modi hell-bent on ‘revenge’ after K’taka ‘rejected’ him in assembly polls, says Congress
Why didn’t Modi give a single penny to Karnataka drought relief until SC intervened, asks Siddaramaiah
69.56 per cent voter turnout recorded in Karnataka’s first phase of polling
EC orders re-polling in Chamarajanagar LS segment of Karnataka
MUST WATCH
Latest Additions
With impact player, it is getting difficult each and every day: Pant
Congress in K’taka to stage protest on Apr 28 against ‘paltry’ drought relief given by Centre
McGurk, Stubbs rock as DC beat MI by 10 runs
‘Shaurya Smarak’ of three fallen Army officers unveiled in Jammu
BJP drops Poonam Mahajan, picks 26/11 prosecutor Ujjwal Nikam from Mumbai North Central seat