Govt focused on accelerated growth led by private sector: Rajiv Kumar

19 Jul 2019 Evaluate

NITI Aayog Vice Chairman Rajiv Kumar has said that the focus of the second term of the Modi government is accelerated economic growth, beyond the 7 percent the country has achieved to an eight percent plus growth that is led by the private sector and private enterprise. He asserted that the next five years, India is going to be at the cusp of a major transformation and if we succeed, as this government is wanting to, you will see a decade plus more of sustained high growth which will be undertaken with inclusion but also with sustainability.

Kumar also said that the intention and the sharp focus of the Modi government is very clear and it is that private enterprise must be given the space, the incentives to play its role in the economy. The government has no intention at all to try and be the main driver of growth in the country because it is not possible.

Besides, he stressed there is clear recognition that some of the reform measures that have been undertaken, including demonetisation, has helped formulate the economy to a much larger extent than what it was before. It also meant that some of the fizz that was in the economy can be replaced by a much larger play of the private sector and private investment.

He highlighted that the government is conscious of the fact that since 2011 private investment has pretty much turned turtle, the Public-Private Partnership (PPP) models did not work. A large number of those PPP ventures converted themselves into Non-Performing Assets (NPAs), the risks were too much for the private sector to take, the risks associated with projects, land acquisition became too high and the investment to GDP ratio has declined.

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