S Jaishankar Exclusive: "People Who Are Blocking Infra Are Also People Blocking Employment"

There are strong links between jobs creation, infrastructure growth and ensuring private capital from abroad can easily access manufacturing opportunities in the domestic market, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar explained Tuesday in an exclusive interview with NDTV. The minister said it was the responsibility of the government to build infrastructure and frame policies that make it easy for foreign investors to set up and run, or fund, businesses in India, and then took a veiled swipe at the opposition, referring to "people blocking infrastructure... business" and accusing them of "blocking employment in this country".