Piyush Goyal meets Nippon Life India AMC CEO on retail investment

Union Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal met Sundeep Sikka, MD and CEO of Nippon Life India Asset Management Ltd, on Monday to discuss deepening retail investment and strengthening the asset management ecosystem. Goyal said on X that the talks also covered attracting greater global capital into Indian markets.

Separately, Goyal met Check Point Software CEO Nadav Zafrir about the company's R&D expansion in India and using AI-driven security to protect digital public infrastructure. The minister also attended the third meeting of the Apex Monitoring Authority of the National Industrial Corridor Development and Implementation Trust, chaired by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman.

At that meeting, Goyal called for faster industrial corridor projects, alignment with PM GatiShakti, and integrated area development. The National Industrial Corridor Programme now has 20 projects across 13 states and 7 corridors. Four smart cities have entered production, with 469 plots allotted and an estimated investment potential of around Rs 2.21 lakh crore.