The Union Finance Minister Shri Arun Jaitley will deliver the Inaugural Address after inaugurating the two day Delhi Economics Conclave-2014 on Wednesday, 10^th December, 2014 in the national capital. The theme of the Conclave is ‘Structural Reforms and Growth in India’. There will be four Plenary Sessions on the day one and one Plenary Session and Closing Ceremony on the day two of the Economics Conclave.

The various issues to be discussed during the different Plenary Sessions of the two day Conclave include Infrastructure and Growth, Changing Global Scenario: Growth, Trade and Reforms; Inclusive Growth and Agriculture, Manufacturing: Challenges and Reforms and State Capacity, Structural Reforms and Growth among others. Other major participants in the two day Economics Conclave include Mr. Tharman Shanmugaratnam, Deputy Prime Minister, Singapore, Shri Piyush Goyal, Minister of State (IC), Power, Coal and NRE, Shri Rajiv Mehrishi, Finance Secretary, Dr. Arvind Subramanian, Chief Economic Adviser, Ministry of Finance, Dr. Bimal Jalan, former Governor, RBI, Dr N.K. Singh, Former Member Rajya Sabha. Ajay S. Sriram, Chairman CII, and Shri Yaduvendra Mathur, CMD, EXIM Bank among others.

Shri Jayant Sinha, Minister of State of Finance will be the Lead Speaker at the Closing Ceremony which will also be attended by Ms. Arundhati Bhattacharya, Chairman, SBI, Shri Deepak Parikh, Chairman, HDFC, Mrs V.R. Iyer, CMD, Bank of India and Prof.  Abhijit Banerjee, MIT among others.

Structural reforms drive policy discussion at Delhi economics conclave, focusing on growth, infrastructure, trade, and inclusive development. A two-day Delhi Economics Conclave centers on structural reforms as the primary means to promote economic growth. Plenary sessions address infrastructure and growth, global trade and reform dynamics, inclusive growth with agricultural focus, manufacturing challenges and reforms, and the role of state capacity in implementing reforms. The event gathers senior policymakers, central banking figures, ministers, and industry leaders to discuss policy levers and institutional changes required to advance growth, emphasizing cross-sectoral diagnosis and reform priorities rather than legal adjudication.