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Committed to protecting Intellectual Property Rights : Modi tells media honchos

| | Sep 25, 2015, at 08:03 pm
New York, Sept 25 (IBNS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi has pledged protection to Intellectual Property Rights at a meeting with top executives of major media and communication companies in New York.


"We are committed to protecting IPR which is essential to fostering creativity," Modi told them at the roundtable on Media, Tech & Communications.

Top executives of Comcast, Time Warner, Discovery, Sony, ESPN, News Corp, 21st Century Fox, Disney Industries, ABC television group attended the interactive meeting.

Outlining his vision  for "Start-Up India, Stand-Up India" the Prime Minister said he gives  more emphasis on the "personal sector" or  individual individual entrepreneurs.


The participating business captains  expressed confidence in the investment atmosphere in India.

The CEOs called for speeding up of television digitization, and strengthening of the Mobile Infrastructure.

The PM  urged them to keep regional languages in mind, as they firm up investment plans for India.

Modi said the  world is now in a technology- driven era, where growth of digital infrastructure is important.

The focus of the PM's meeting with media honchos  was to understand about the trends in media and communication technologies and the opportunities for India.

Modi later tweeted that they had shown interest in the Indian government's Digital India initiative and said he had explained how India was a special place to invest:

Met top American CEOs from media & entertainment sector. They were enthusiastic about the change@_DigitalIndia initiative in driving.

— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) September 25, 2015

Explained to media CEOs why India is a great opportunity for them & how many regional languages makes India even more special to invest in.

— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) September 25, 2015

Digital technology has a vital role in making democracy stronger & in overall human resource development.http://t.co/TCQaviGm9H

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