Infosys ex-CFO Mohandas Pai criticised Union Minister Piyush Goyal for comparing Indian and Chinese startups. "Goyal shouldn't belittle our startups but ask himself what he has done as our Minister to help deep-tech startups grow?" Pai said. Goyal had said, "Indian firms call themselves 'startup' by adding fancy words to ice cream names...Should we make ice creams or semiconductor chips?"