India is a partner that the lately expanded BRICS can count on, said Union Minister Smriti Irani, adding that the country never holds hostage its supply chains for geopolitical reasons or economic interests.
“We have shown (the world) what we can do as a part of the global supply chain, by not holding our supply chain hostage for geopolitical reasons, not subjugating our supply chain for any other political or economic interests.” the Minister for Women and Child Development Smriti Irani said at a session themed ‘BRICS in expansion’ at the ongoing World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.
“I think we are the one partner the BRICS expanded lately can count on,” Smriti Irani said.
Citing a specific example when India helped many countries with PPE kits and medical essentials during the once-in-a-century pandemic, she said India upped its capacity from zero to become one of the major exporters of PPE kits.
“When there was a shutdown of movement goods and services, in India a very small segment of PPE kits was self-generated, we had no machines, no raw material, but in March (2020) when the pandemic hit us, from zero company we went upto 1,100 companies by June, becoming the second largest exporter in the world,” she said.
