'Lift India from developing to a developed category'

Gautam Adani, Chairman, Adani Group says that India is another name of hope on the world stage.

In a wide-ranging in-terview, Gautam Ad-ani, Chairman, Adani Group, talks about India, politics, the Adani Group and Adani Foundation. Excerpts:

Q: Tell us about your journey in which adding millions and billions of dollars every day are now starting to look like a routine.

A: From one point of view, it is just statistics, and it is certainly not our aim to get confused by it. It is important that the work you are doing is useful for society and the country. Being an Indian, I feel that for some time now, there is a feeling in the whole of India that we should lift our nation from a developing to a developed category. In achieving this goal, it can be considered that, among the efforts being made for this objective, our group also has made a small contribution.

Q: Your critics say that all this has been possible because of your closeness with Prime Minister Modiji. Your comments.

A: Those who criticize like this neither know Modiji nor his capabilities. Their criticism is probably because I am from Gujarat and Narendra Modiji had been the Chief Minister of Gujarat for 12 years. I know as well as others do that he is completely fair and honest. The truth is that because of his policies, first in Gujarat and now in the country, a favorable environment has been created for doing business and all sectors of businesses benefited from it. The country and the states have benefitted too. As far as the issue of personal gain is concerned, my group’s work is also spread across all the non-BJP ruled states of the country like Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, West Bengal, Jharkhand, Odisha, etc. These states are ruled by different parties. We are working with those governments also.