NITI Aayog is playing an active role in ensuring ease of doing business: Panagariya

NITI Aayog vice-chairman Arvind Panagariya, reiterating government’s stand has said that NITI Aayog is playing an active role in ensuring ease of doing business in the country. He said that NITI Aayog is playing various roles particularly in the area of ease of doing business. Survey of entrepreneurs is being done to ascertain the areas where entrepreneurs see the improvement has been made or not.

Panagariya further stated that under the PRAGATI initiative of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, regular meetings are held with Chief Ministers and Chief Secretaries via video conferencing and the progress made on various projects specially infrastructure projects is discussed. He added that central government is welcoming the states which want to make changes in their land laws and a model law on land-leasing is being framed with discussions with states.

Talking about the latest initiative of the government of Start-up India, he said that the states will be at the centre-stage of the Start-up India plan and the Centre will capitalise on the experiences of different states in promoting startups. He added that the states have now power of decision-making. As we move forward, the states will be the masters of their fate.

The NITI Aayog vice-chairman also said that the government is on the course of fiscal consolidation despite a tough global situation and it needs to enhance both the direct and indirect tax base going ahead.