Amitabh Kant
@amitabhk87
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Ex-Sherpa @G20org, India. Former CEO @NITIAayog. Author. Key driver @incredibleindia @startupindia @makeinIndia
Delhi, India
Joined September 2009
My latest book 'How India Scaled Mt. G20' captures the grit, determination, and collaborative spirit that made India's #G20 Presidency an unparalleled success. I'm excited to take you on a journey of intense negotiations, resilience, and transformative leadership led by PM
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It was a pleasure to deliver the keynote address at the Pit Stop Challenge Awards as part of Royal Enfield’s Journeying Across the Himalayas Festival. I spoke about the immense potential of the Himalayan region, the importance of sustainable tourism, and the need to empower local
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The RBI’s move to cut the policy repo rate by 25 bps will give further impetus to growth at a crucial moment for the Indian economy. @RBI has done a Gr8 job: anchoring inflation expectations through prudent monetary policy and enabling growth by modernising and simplifying the
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India will urbanise more in the next fifteen years than it has in the last seventy. Our journey to Viksit Bharat will be decided in our cities. If we get them right, we drive growth, jobs and innovation. If we get them wrong, we create congestion, pollution and lost productivity.
Cities are the engines of India’s future growth, innovation, and job creation. Just 15 urban hubs contribute 30% of India’s GDP . These fifteen cities alone – Mumbai, Delhi, Bengaluru, Chennai, Hyderabad, Kolkata, Ahmedabad, Pune, Surat, Coimbatore, Noida/Greater Noida, Kochi,
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In the run- up to the Hindustan Times Leadership Summit 2025 I write on five pivotal ideas for India and the world at an inflection point. These are : using AI to improve outcomes at scale; a green industrial strategy; sustainable urbanisation as the next big driver of growth;
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On International Cheetah Day, my best wishes to all wildlife lovers and conservationists dedicated to protecting the cheetah, one of our planet’s most remarkable creatures. Three years ago, our Government launched Project Cheetah with the aim of safeguarding this magnificent
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Data centres eat electricity. But their waste heat? Finland turns it into home heating. Cities are plugging data-centre heat into district-heating systems — cutting waste and cutting emissions.
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India's decision to operationalise the four consolidated Labour Codes marks a watershed moment - both in labour law history and in the evolution of India’s economic governance. The Indian growth story, will now be inclusive and grounded in dignified, productive, and secure
.@kharge ji, everything you said about the Labour Codes is misleading and false. Here is the truth that exposes your lies. Job Security Fully Protected • Mandatory one-month notice and retrenchment compensation remain intact, but Congress conveniently hides this to spread
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The Roll back of Quality Control Orders (QCOs) on inputs and intermediates is happening in a big way. Good for Indian manufacturing and for Indian MSMEs. My earlier edit piece.
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Cities are the engines of India’s future growth, innovation, and job creation. Just 15 urban hubs contribute 30% of India’s GDP . These fifteen cities alone – Mumbai, Delhi, Bengaluru, Chennai, Hyderabad, Kolkata, Ahmedabad, Pune, Surat, Coimbatore, Noida/Greater Noida, Kochi,
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Delighted to deliver the keynote address at the Geo Smart India Conference, India’s largest government-private geospatial forum, at Bharat Mandapam. Geospatial intelligence is the backbone of India’s development journey. It will shape how we plan cities, manage infrastructure,
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We need to keep supporting Apple vigorously and attract the next gen of global manufacturers - Dell, Cisco, Intel, TSMC, Google. Continuous hard work is the way forward.
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Great article from @jeremyakahn in Fortune on the huge impact of AlphaFold on biological and biomedical research.
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Hisham @mundol & @amitabhk87 make a case for “Axis of Good”—a constellation of countries choosing to move forward together on climate action not because they are compelled to but because it is in their shared interest. India sits at the heart of this shift." Read @htTweets
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A fabulous game of friendly India Vs Japan golf with @JapanAmbIndia & Hisashi Takeuchi San, MD & CEO Maruti Suzuki playing against me and Atul Chaturvedi, Member, NCLT. The Japanese won by one hole and we ended up giving them a flavour of some Gr8 Indian cuisine.
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Incredible view of an entire tiger family interacting in the wild😍 Fairy the tigress mother, with her five cubs is a rare & an impressive sight. Having successfully raised five cubs to sub-adulthood demonstrates symbol of powerful maternal instincts in the wild.
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India looking at well over US$30B of announced data center and AI infrastructure investments. With Google committing about US$15B over the next five years to build a 1 GW AI hub in Visakhapatnam, the Reliance Brookfield Digital Realty joint venture planning roughly US$11B for a
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Excellent work by @RBI in simplifying and consolidating processes to make life easier for banks. Commend the strong commitment to Ease of Doing Business and the developmental mindset driving RBI’s approach. Congratulations @SmalhotraRBI 👏
भारतीय रिज़र्व बैंक ने समेकित मास्टर निदेश जारी किए Reserve Bank of India issues Consolidated Master Directions https://t.co/l7gIZMlkB6
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