In order to attract more foreign direct investment (FDI) and spur domestic financing, Commerce and Industry Minister Suresh Prabhu has expressed need that regulation on businesses should be kept to a minimum and they should not stifle the possibilities of investment. He noted that a committee had been set up under the chairmanship of the Secretary, Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion, to look at regulatory issues.
Prabhu said that the government cannot run industry but it is working on a new industrial policy to reduce regulations and promoting modernisation of existing industry and this policy will also help to encourage new and emerging industries, even those which are not seen today. Besides, he noted that the government is also drawing up strategies to boost exports and the core focus areas are promotion of services, value-addition in goods, focus on agriculture, improving standards, and logistics. He said that focus will also be on improving the ease of doing business across these sectors.
Highlighting goods and services tax (GST) as the key driver for the improvement in ease of doing business ranking, Suresh Prabhu said that the new tax regime is a great positive step in the direction of bringing transparency and greater reliability. Commerce Minister also expressed need to re-strategise the country’s global trade and mentioned the government’s efforts to reduce India’s logistics costs too. He said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi had taken the decision to create a separate logistics division within the Ministry of Commerce and Industry.
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