Entry points to be eased, initial barriers lowered and removed, and enabling environment has to be created
Government will undertake more steps to facilitate ease of doing
business as part of the ‘Make in India' initiative. Inaugurating the
one-day National Workshop on "Sectoral Perspectives & initiatives:
Creating an enabling framework for stimulating investments for Make in
India", Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said that number of steps have
been taken in the past seven months to facilitate an investor friendly
climate in the country. However, manufacturing still remains a
challenge. Stressing on the need for manufacturing growth to ensure
employment for youth of the country, the Finance Minister underlined
several initiatives to facilitate ease of doing business in the country.
"Entry point has to be eased, initial barriers lowered and removed, and
after entry, enabling environment has to be created." The Finance
Minister stressed on the need for streamlining the dispute resolution
mechanism. Noting that availability of lands for manufacturing has to
undergo a complex procedure, Arun Jaitley talked of the plan to remove
such bottlenecks and to ensure that "our regime is competitive."
The Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Commerce &
Industry Nirmala Sitharaman termed the National Workshop as an unique
initiative. "Nothing of this scale has been attempted in the recent
memory. This National Workshop is aimed at getting industry and
government on the same platform." Nirmal a Sitharaman said that
discussions would be held on the results of the recent initiatives and
also for the new initiatives that need to be undertaken to strengthen
the ‘Make in India' initiatives. The Minister said that both Department
of Industrial Policy & Promotion and Department of Commerce have
taken concrete steps for cutting red tape, simplifying rules and
delicensing the business environment.
Eighteen sessions are being held as part of the one-day workshop
in which 25 Ministries under the Government of India and all the States
have come together to converge and integrate in a professional manner to
chart a roadmap for short and medium term to make ‘Make in India'
initiative a grand success.