Indian premier LuLu chief discuss investment

(MENAFN- Arab News) RIYADH: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi Sunday met top business leaders including M.A. Yusuffali managing director of EMKE LuLu Group in Abu Dhabi with an aim of bringing investment and technologies to India particularly in infrastructure sector. Modi who is on a two-day visit to the UAE was also briefed about the various projects in which the Indian businessmen are investing in India.
The businessmen led by Abu Dhabi Chamber Director Board Member Yusuffali updated Modi about the business environment in the UAE and the excellent support extended by the GCC rulers and authorities toward the Indian community. "We discussed candidly all aspects of business relations with India" said Yusuffali via phone from Abu Dhabi.
He said: "The Indian prime minister was also briefed about the challenges faced by NRIs to invest in India." Modi on his part urged the NRIs to renew their efforts to "bring in more investments into their motherland especially in the infrastructure and related fields." He also highlighted the role and the mandate of the "Make In India" initiative for the future generation of Indians.
Yusuffali who has been recognized with Padma Shri India's civilian award and Pravasi Bharatiya Award the highest honor given to a non-resident Indian also had a private audience with the prime minister separately. LuLu Hypermarket the retail division of the multidimensional and multinational LuLu Group International is owned by Yusuffali. Today LuLu symbolizes quality retailing with 117 stores and is immensely popular with the discerning shoppers across the Gulf region.
With its pleasant and novel variation from the usual supermarkets LuLu offers an ultra-modern shopping ambience by integrating all conceivable needs of the consumers under one roof. LuLu hypermarkets not only dot the cities of the UAE but have become the most preferred shopping destinations in Saudi Arabia Oman Qatar Kuwait Bahrain Yemen Egypt and India.