Indian sub-continent with Too much of democracy is diificult to carry out any reforms says the Niti Aayog CEO Amitabh Kant on Tuesday. CEO emphasised that more reforms need to be done to make the country competitive. Kant who addressed a virtual event organised by a magazine, 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.

“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,” he said. It is not easy to compete against China without hard reforms, Kant stressed. “This government has demonstrated political will to carry out hard reforms,” he added. The Niti Aayog CEO stressed that the next wave of reforms must come from states. 

“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 privatise discoms. Discoms must become far more competitive and provide cheap power,” he said. Whether it be Farm law, or the sourcing of raw material for manufacturing electric batteries in India or Modi government’s ‘Aatmanirbhar Bharat’ initiative or it be production-linked incentives (PLI) scheme every one of this reform is to make India a strong competitor to the world, and the people should understand and go along to make India stand firm in all aspects. 

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