Editor′s Note

The Clean India mission or Swachh Bharat Abhiyan took a significant turn last month with the formulation of a new set of rules around India's waste management programme.The reason behind the revised rules has been highlighted as a means to make waste management more effective and scientific to achieve this central plank of the Indian government's “development for all” goal.India Inc. marked this turning point with the first-ever Waste Management Conclave to bring together key stakeholders working on translating the broad vision into deliverables. Environment minister Prakash Javadekar explained the need for new rules fit for the 21st century: “With new technologies, we will make waste management more effective to change the face of the country within five years. That's how we will achieve Swachh Bharat.”This edition of 'India Investment Journal' therefore centres around the Clean India mission with a recap of deliberations at the India Inc. conclave in New Delhi.Social entrepreneur Sandeep Patel gives a hands-on view on the subject of waste in an in-depth interview and Mumbai-based director of Sustainable Technologies and Environmental Projects (STEPS) gives his take on waste management.Beyond the central theme, this edition takes usual stock of various flagship programmes of Digital India and Make In India. Lord Kumar Bhattacharyya, founder-chair of the Warwick Manufacturing Group (WMG), presents his views on the natural progression of Make In India towards made by India as a true manufacturing hub of the world.The CEO of UK-based Dearman group presents a different perspective on manufacturing in the country with reference to cutting-edge technologies to achieve movement of perishable produce through an integrated chain of refrigerated transport and refrigerated storage, aimed at tackling India's food crisis.Additionally, this time our 'In Focus' state is West Bengal and its moves towards attracting foreign investment with a highprofile visit to the UK by chief minister Mamata Banerjee. In an interview with India Inc. she claimed her state was the ideal gateway to the East for the world, while her team highlighted the efforts being made towards easing the path to business in the region to achieve double digit growth rates in Bengal by 2017.Read on for other general updates on inward investments into India.

Aditi Khanna is the Senior Editor of India Inc.