As India faces the economic aftermath of a second COVID-19 wave, how is Indian industry feeling about the business environment and what does it see as the key challenges it will face.

Mitali Mukherjee spoke with Tata Steel’s CEO and managing director T.V. Narendran who has taken over as president of the CII for 2021-22 on the key challenges India faced, the urgent need for direct cash transfers for the poor and why unemployment needed to be addressed as a priority.

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