India Inc needs to respond to various reform measures undertaken by govt: CEA

02 Nov 2020 Evaluate

Chief Economic Adviser (CEA) K V Subramanian has said that India Inc needs to respond to various reform measures, including in the labour sector, undertaken by the government to accelerate the growth impacted by the coronavirus disease (covid-19) pandemic. He emphasized that India is the only country which utilised the opportunity provided by the current crisis to unleash the second generation reforms that are focused on factor markets.

Subramanian said ‘if you look at the reforms that have happened since 1991, most of those reforms were primarily focused on product markets, including the reforms that were launched by the Atal Bihari Vajpayee government as well. But now when you look at the reforms that have been launched together with some of the previous ones, like IBC (Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code), (they are) basically an attempt to reform the capital.’ He noted that IBC is followed by labour reforms and cost of labour is an important factor of production. 

The CEA noted that agriculture, which is another important factor, is part of the primary sector. He also said  ‘so, when you take these into account, there is a very important theme of Aatmanirbhar Bharat which is primarily about relying on the private sector enterprise and on the efficiency that private sector brings’. He also stated that these reforms signal that the intent of this government is to rely on markets and that efficiency is primarily brought in by the private sector. Observing that the idea of Aatmanirbhar Bharat is not anathema to competition, he said self-reliance can never happen without adequate capabilities.  

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