Pre Budget Quote by Mr. Sunder Ram, Co-Founder, Hejje:
"HEJJE is hopeful that the 2025 Budget will significantly strengthen the healthcare sector, driving economic growth and sectoral advancement. We expect the government to allocate 2.5-3% of GDP to healthcare, as recommended by the National Health Policy, prioritizing infrastructure upgrades, hospital bed capacity, and diagnostic services in underserved regions. Tax reforms to enhance affordability and accessibility are critical for equitable care. We also anticipate increased funding for preventive healthcare through awareness campaigns and programs to ease the burden of chronic diseases. Policies focusing on transition care, holistic recovery, and personalized treatments will improve patient well-being. With strategic investments and reforms, this budget can transform healthcare into a cornerstone of economic progress and societal health."
Pre Budget Quote by Sudheer Perla Managing Director, Tabreed Asia
All of India's energy transition efforts over the past 8 years to rapidly increase renewable energy capacity generation or energy storage is barely meeting the country's growing demand for cooling either for buildings, data centres or industrial parks. We hope the budget adopts a holistic approach for the energy transition to instead become a cooling transition with more focus on efficient demand management instead of simply adding electricity supply. District Cooling has the potential to cut energy demand by upto 50% for buildings, data centres and manufacturing facilities that require process cooling. In addition, it accelerates circular energy systems to re-use waste, sewage and other forms of energy including city gas to more rapidly decarbonize India whilst powering our economic growth. With increasing heat stress likely to have the most significant climate impact in India in the near term we look forward to policies that can instead mandate and incentivize systemic changes in the way India keeps cool.
Pre Budget Quote - Attributed to Sunil Jhunjhunwala, Co-founder & Managing Director | TechnoSport
"As Budget 2025 approaches, we are at a pivotal point in history, where big international brands look to diversify their sportswear supply chains. India is the best long term stable and scalable alternative. To capitalise on this opportunity we hope for streamlined import policies for critical raw materials like yarn, fabric, and machinery, essential for driving global competitiveness in the Sportswear and technical textile industry. Policies like QCO and BIS, restrict access to high-quality raw materials, and restrict our ability to play a key role. We need to work with all supply chains for a few years. Meanwhile, we incentivize the local manufacturers to build capability by investing heavily in R&D, technology, scale and automation for manufacturing raw materials to global standards. Additionally, clear directions on Employment Linked Incentive schemes and increased support for sustainability improving infrastructure will be helpful. Robust export incentives would further position India as a leader particularly in the growing sportswear segment."