More reforms need to be done to make India competitive: Niti Aayog CEO

09 Dec 2020 Evaluate

Niti Aayog CEO Amitabh Kant has said that it is difficult to carry out tough reforms in India as there is 'too much of democracy', and emphasized that more reforms need to be done to make the country competitive. He said for the first time, the Centre has carried out hard reforms across sectors, including mining, coal, labour, agriculture, and the next wave of reforms must be pushed by the states.

Kant has stated that it is not easy to compete against China without hard reforms. He said that this government has demonstrated political will to carry out hard reforms. He stressed that the next wave of reforms must come from states. He said 'If 10-12 states will grow at higher rates, then there is no reason why Indian won't grow at higher rates. We have asked union territories to privatize discoms. Discoms must become far more competitive and provide cheap power’.

On Modi government's 'Aatmanirbhar Bharat' initiative, Niti Aayog CEO said it is not about looking inwards, but unleashing the potential of Indian companies. He said the government has identified 10 champion sectors for production-linked incentives (PLI) scheme and these sectors will play a major role in making India a manufacturing hub, and give the country economies of scale.

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