Japanese delegation on Indian economy at PAU

Ludhiana, September 6

“Politics has compromises but economics has no compromises,” said Suresh Kumar, chief principal secretary to Chief Minister of Punjab, while delivering his inaugural address at the 13th Indo-Japanese dialogue on “Indian economic development” at Punjab Agricultural University (PAU) today.

An eight-member delegation from Japan also participated in the dialogue, organised by the department of economics and sociology. During the session on “agriculture economy of Punjab”. During the session on “industry, politics and household inequality”, lectures on “determinants of success in automobile industry in India: An analysis of foreign and local enterprise data (2000-2008)” by Takahiro Sato, professor at Kobe University, Japan; and on “elite politics vs mass politics: Electricity tariffs in India” by Atsushi Kato, professor at Waseda University, Japan, were delivered.

Baldev Singh Dhillon, Vice-Chancellor, PAU, said the dialogue between two nations would go a long way in addressing the issues of economy and providing solutions for the same. —TNS