50K Approvals Come Thropugh Simngle Window
Strong democracy, young demography, political stability make India global investors’ paradise, says PM Narendra Modi
INDORE, Jan 11 (The CONNECT) – Focusing on ease-of-doing-business, the government has done away with over 40,000 compliances and the National Single Window System has led to clearance of more than 50,000 approvals, Prime Minister Naredra Modi said.
Addressing the Global Investors’ Summit in Indore via video message, Modi underlined that unprecedented efforts that are underway at both the Centre and the State levels to reduce the burden of compliance.
“Institutions and credible voices that track the global economy have unprecedented confidence in India”, the Prime Minister pointed out, “Global investors also share the same optimism.” The Prime Minister further informed about a survey conducted by a prestigious international bank which found that a majority of the investors preferred India as their investment destination.
“Today, India is receiving record-breaking FDI. Even your presence among us reflects this sentiment”, Modi said. He credited the strong democracy, young demography and political stability of India for the strong optimism that is shown towards the nation and highlighted India’s decisions that boost ease of living and ease of doing business.
Giving examples of trust shown by global organisations, he highlighted the IMF which sees India as a bright spot in the global economy, and the World Bank which has expressed earlier that India is in a better position to deal with global headwinds than many other countries.
Modi credited India’s strong macroeconomic fundamentals and mentioned OECD which claimed that India will be among the fastest-growing economies in the G-20 group this year. Quoting Morgan Stanley, the Prime Minister said that India is moving towards becoming the world’s third-largest economy in the next 4-5 years. The CEO of McKinsey has declared that not just the present decade but the century itself belongs to India.
Throwing light on the ‘Atmanirbhar Bharat’ campaign, the Prime Minister noted that India has become an attractive destination for investment where the path of ‘Reform, Transform and Perform’ has been undertaken by India since 2014. “Even during a once-in-a-century crisis, we took the path of reforms”, the Prime Minister said.
“A stable government, a decisive government, a government running with the right intentions, shows development at an unprecedented pace”, the Prime Minister remarked as he threw light on the last eight years where the speed and scale of reforms have only increased continuously.
Modi narrated the examples of reforms related to recapitalization and governance in the banking sector, creating a modern resolution framework like IBC, creating a system like One Nation One Tax in the form of GST, making corporate tax globally competitive, exempting sovereign wealth funds and pension funds from tax, allowing 100% FDI through the automatic route in many sectors, decriminalising minor economic mistakes, and getting rid of hurdles in the path of investment through such reforms. He also emphasised India’s equal reliance on the strength of its private sector and informed that many strategic sectors like defence, mining and space have opened up for private players. He further added that dozens of Labour Laws have been incorporated into 4 codes which is a major step in itself.
Highlighting the modern and multimodal infrastructural developments in the nation that give rise to investment possibilities, he said the speed of construction of National Highways has doubled in the last 8 years along with the number of operational airports in the country. The Prime Minister also touched upon the unprecedented improvement in the handling capacity and turnaround time of India’s ports. “Dedicated freight corridors, industrial corridors, expressways, logistic parks, these are becoming the identity of New India”, he said.
Modi remarked that PM Gatishakti is a national platform for infrastructure building in India which has taken the form of the National Master Plan. Updated data related to the governments, agencies, and investors are available on this platform. “We have implemented our National Logistics Policy with an aim to make India the world’s most competitive logistics market”, he said.
The Prime Minister also touched upon the digital infrastructure of the country and informed that India is ranked 1 in smartphone data consumption, Global Fintech, and IT-BPM outsourcing distribution. He also noted that India is the world’s third-largest aviation and auto market. Underlining the importance of the next phase of global growth, the Prime Minister said that on the one hand, India is providing optical fibre network to every village, while on the other hand, it is rapidly expanding the 5G network. He noted that new opportunities are being created for every industry and consumer with the help of 5G, the Internet of things and AI and said that it will only accelerate the pace of development in India.
Shining the spotlight on the rapidly growing strength of India in the world of manufacturing, the Prime Minister credited the Production linked Incentive schemes where incentives worth more than Rs 2.5 lakh crore have been announced. Noting its popularity among manufacturers around the world, the Prime Minister informed that production worth Rs 4 lakh crore has taken place in different sectors so far where hundreds of crores of rupees have been invested in Madhya Pradesh. He noted the importance of the PLI scheme in making Madhya Pradesh a big pharma and textile hub. “I urge the investors coming to MP to take maximum advantage of the PLI scheme”, the Prime Minister appealed.
Laying emphasis on India’s aspirations regarding green energy, he said that the government has approved Green Hydrogen Mission a few days ago which will usher investment possibilities of about Rs 8 lakh crore. He observed that this is not just an opportunity for India to attract investments but also to meet global demands for green energy. The Prime Minister urged the investors to explore their role in this ambitious mission as incentives worth thousands of crores have been arranged under this campaign.
