Modi to deliver first Arun Jaitley Memorial Lecture today
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will deliver the first ‘Arun Jaitley Memorial Lecture’ here on Friday in which Tharman Shanmugaratnam, a senior minister of the Singapore government, will deliver the keynote address on ‘Growth through Inclusivity, Inclusivity through Growth’.
The Department of Economic affairs , Ministry of Finance, has organised the memorial lecture in recognition of Jaitley’s ‘invaluable contribution’ to the nation, according to the Prime Ministers Office (PMO).
The event will see a panel discussion involving OECD Secretary-General Mathias Cormann and Arvind Panagariya, a professor at the Columbia University, PMO said. A close confidante of Modi, Jaitley was the finance minister in the first Modi government.He passed away in 2019 at the age of 66.
During the event, Modi will also interact with delegates participatingin the Kautilya Economic Conclave (KEC), a three-day event being organised from July 8 to 10.
KEC is being organised by the Institute of Economic Growth with support from the Ministry of Finance, PMO said.
