Earlier, addressing a virtual occasion organised by Swarajya magazine, Kant mentioned that for the initially time the Centre has carried out tough reforms across sectors, such as mining, coal, labour, agriculture, and the subsequent wave of reforms need to be pushed by the states.
“Tough reforms are very difficult in the Indian context, we have too much of democracy…You needed political will to carry out these reforms (mining, coal, labour, agriculture) and many more reforms still need to be done,” news agency PTI quoted Kant as saying. “This government has demonstrated political will to carry out hard reforms,” the report additional quoted Kant.
As per the PTI report, the Niti Aayog CEO also stressed that the subsequent wave of reforms need to come from states. “If 10-12 states will grow at higher rates, then there is no reason why India won’t grow at higher rates. We have asked union territories to privatise discoms. Discoms must become far more competitive and provide cheap power,” he was quoted as saying.
Meanwhile, following Kant’s denial, Twitter customers posted the certain video clip of his speech which he has denied.
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