The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) defended on Wednesday its decision not to intervene to halt the oil price collapse, shrugging off warnings by top energy firms that the cartel's policy could lead to a huge supply shortage as investments dry up.
Tech tycoons said technological advances will explode 10 times faster than the Internet boom in the 1990s.
The tumble in global crude prices has been a big benefit for countries like India, which imports nearly four-fifth of its oil requirement. Apart from lower fuel prices and hence lower inflation, the Indian government's subsidy burden also eases significantly.
Bhattacharya said the new government has been looking at ways to get projects framed in a better manner.
He was speaking at the Make In India lounge here at the World Economic Forum (WEF) annual meet.
Investments are expected across diverse areas of the energy sector including in renewables as well as transmission and distribution segments, he added.
Ms Kochhar, who has been attending WEF Annual Meetings in Davos and other global summits for a long time, said the confidence in the India growth story is seeing a major uptick this year and would soon start yielding results.
In a major departure from their earlier practice of luring wealthy clients in the name of 'safe havens', Swiss bankers are now pitching 'superior banking' services to their prospective clients although Indian corporate leaders do not appear much impressed.
Looking to dupe people in the name of the World Economic Forum's annual meeting, cyber criminals posing as WEF officials are sending out fictitious emails offering membership, participation and even offers of employment.
With as many as 120 registered participants, the Indian presence is the fifth largest at the ongoing the annual World Economic Forum (WEF) meeting in this ski resort town on slopes of the Swiss Alps, where buses are also seen carrying 'Make In India' slogans.
Ajit Gulabchand, chairman & MD of HCC, said that the difference this year in Davos is that everybody who had turned their backs on India and talked about India in whispering terms are back here asking, what is happening in India.
Infosys has been called a company in transition for a while now, but the management seems to have moved on. NDTV's Prashant Nair caught up with Infosys chief executive officer Pravin Rao in Davos.
While the PM Modi deserves credit for changing the mood around in India, crashing oil prices have helped India too, giving our oil guzzling country a fresh lease of life.
Report Indicating acute shortage of skilled workforce, India has been ranked 78th globally in terms of talent competitiveness of its human capital, while Switzerland has topped the charts.
Chief executives are more worried than a year ago about the global economic outlook, as deflation stalks Europe and commodity prices wilt, but the United States stands out as a bright spot.
Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis leaves for the World Economic Forum in Davos on Wednesday morning. This will be his first foreign tour after taking over as Chief Minister of Maharashtra last year.
This time the World Economic Forum is expected to receive over 40 heads of states and some 2,500 additional participants.
Sitharaman also said that a permanent solution on the issue of public stockholding for food security purposes was critical and should be addressed on priority.
As the World Economic Forum (WEF) annual meeting begins here on a sunny day on Tuesday after days of heavy snowfall, six sessions will be open for the general public at the highly secured and otherwise invitation-only summit.
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley, who is leading the government's delegation to the World Economic Forum, is speaking to global investors at Davos. Here are the key takeaways from Mr Jaitley's interaction.