Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday made a strong case for repealing archaic laws and making it easier to do business in India, stating that the centre and states need to work closely to boost economic growth.
Addressing the sixth Governing Council meeting of Niti Aayog, the Prime Minister said that the private sector should be given full opportunity to become a part of government’s Aatmanirbhar Bharat programme.
The whole country succeeded when the state and the central government worked together during the coronavirus pandemic, he said, adding that “the basis of the country’s progress is cooperative federalism and today’s meeting is to brainstorm to make it more meaningful and move towards competitive cooperative federalism.”
Modi said there is a need to bring competitive cooperative federalism not only among states but districts too.
The Prime Minister also underlined the need for reducing compliance burden and repealing obsolete laws.
He asked the states to form committees to reduce regulations which are no longer relevant in the wake of technology growth.
Observing that the positive response received on the Union Budget for 2021-22 expressed the mood of the nation, he said, “the country has made up its mind, wants to move fast and does not want to waste time.”
Modi further said that the private sector of the country is coming forward with more enthusiasm in this development journey of the country.
In a first, Ladakh is also participating the sixth edition of the Governing Council meeting, in addition to the participation of Jammu and Kashmir as a UT. This time, other UTs headed by administrators have also been invited to join. The meeting is also being attended by the ex-officio members of the council, union ministers, vice chairperson Rajiv Kumar, members and CEO of Niti Aayog Amitabh Kant, and other senior officials from the government.