The purpose of the conference is to bring together a host of participants from the academia, NGOs, policy making bodies and the bureaucracy, in order to share their research experiences on the existing programs, best practices, issues, concerns and policies in different parts of the globe, particularly the developing countries, and to submit a policy paper to Government of India to improve social protection policies in India.

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And part of the purpose of this press conference is to explain to the folks down in the Gulf that ultimately it is our folks down there who are responsible.

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The purpose behind our agreeing to speak at the conference was to shake the plan sponsor audience out of its complacency, providing a counterpoint to the defense lawyers and industry participants that had been telling sponsors all the recent uproar about 401k mismanagement was much ado about nothing.

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In his press conference in Jerusalem on Monday, Kerry explained the purpose of these visits.

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