Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is about to meet top industry stalwarts, including Mukesh Ambani, Ratan Tata and Kumar Mangalam Birla, on March 30 as part of a stock-taking exercise of the economy. While oil prices have crossed the $100-a-barrel mark, food prices have remained stubbornly high for most of the past year knocking up prices of other goods. The meeting will be held at a time when the government's macroeconomic managers are struggling for options to sustain growth and keep prices under check amid corruption scandals that are hitting political and business sentiments. Ashok Ganguly, R P Goenka, Azim Premji, Sunil Mittal, Swati Piramal, Deepak Parekh, and Kiran Mazumdar Shaw are some of the other big names who will be at the Prime Minister's meet next week.
