Sitharaman pitches India as a manufacturing and innovation platform to Chicago investors
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- 2026-08-26
Finance Minister Sitharaman begins nine day visit to Canada and the United States
Union Finance and Corporate Affairs Minister Nirmala Sitharaman began an official visit to Canada and the United States on 25 August 2026, running until 2 September. In Toronto, she is set to participate in the inaugural India Canada Economic and Financial Dialogue with her Canadian counterpart Francois Philippe Champagne, covering macroeconomic developments, financial sector cooperation and bilateral investment opportunities. From 28 August she travels to Chicago, Asheville and New York, including a roundtable with investors and business leaders in Chicago. From 31 August to 1 September she will lead the Indian delegation at the G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors meeting in Asheville, North Carolina, held under the United States G20 presidency, before concluding the visit in New York with investor engagements.
- 2026-08-30
Sitharaman pitches India as a manufacturing and innovation platform to Chicago investors
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, addressing a high level Business Roundtable with investors and business leaders in Chicago on Friday (28 August 2026), invited global investors to set up manufacturing bases and technology and innovation centres in India. She said India's investment proposition rested on the convergence of scale, growth, talent, infrastructure and sustained reform, and urged investors to treat India as a platform to build for the world rather than only a market to serve. Sitharaman highlighted GIFT City, which had 1,250 registered entities as of June 2026 offering banking, fund management, reinsurance, aircraft and ship leasing and sustainable finance services, as a gateway connecting global capital with Indian opportunities. She is on a six day visit to the United States that includes the G20 Finance Ministers' meeting in Asheville, North Carolina.