HYDERABAD: It was a show that could have given the best of Bollywood awards nights a run for their money. You are rewriting the rules.You have the inspiration and drive to serve our communities through the projects you start and the businesses you build." Even Modi too recounted the work done by his government to foster the spirit of entrepreneurship in the country through initiatives like Digital India and Startup India Standup India. The PM also elaborated on the Mudra Scheme, which since its launch in 2015, has sanctioned to women entrepreneurs over 70 million of the 90 million loans worth Rs 4.28 trillion under the scheme.Even the Telangana CM did not miss the grand opportunity to promote Telangana, its much vaunted TS-iPass single window policy, T-Hub and last but not the least Hyderabad's famed biryani. Even Union external affairs minister Sushma Swaraj , who delivered the vote of thanks, could not resist warming up to the city of Hyderabad and called herself as Telangana's `Chinnamma'.But before the inaugural got underway, Modi and Ivanka along with senior members of their contingent had a brief round of talks behind closed doors, away from the prying eyes of the media.

Source: Times of India November 28, 2017 22:07 UTC