Piyush Goyal urges industry to play proactive role in helping govt in Ease of Doing Business agenda, raise quality standards
November 21, 2024
Piyush Goyal said, “I urge the industry to play a more proactive role in helping us in our Ease of Doing business agenda to reduce compliance burden, decriminalize any laws which are decremental to industry.”
While speaking at FICCI’s 97th AGM and Annual Convention, Piyush Goyal, Minister of Commerce and Industry, Govt of India, on Thursday, said that Viksit Bharat has to be a collaborative effort between the industry and the government. “I urge the industry to play a more proactive role in helping us in our Ease of Doing business agenda to reduce compliance burden, decriminalize any laws which are decremental to industry,” he said.
During his address, Piyush Goyal stated that the stature of India across the world is growing year-on-year and India is recognized as the growth engine of the world. The world looks upon India’s leadership to make the world a better place. He further stated that the Global South wants India to play an even more important role in the world’s future and all of this is on the back of ‘trust’. “India today has earned the trust of the world and is looked upon as a trusted partner. Indian businesses today are increasingly becoming a part of the global value chain,” he emphasized.
Speaking on the importance of quality standards, Piyush Goyal stated that the government has multiple technical committees of BIS and FICCI along with associates who can ensure to have industry representation in every committee to make quality standards more practical and useful. This, he added, will help India evolve as a country recognized around the world as a quality producer of goods and that will define the Viksit Bharat growth story. “Unless the world has the confidence that India can not only be a trusted partner but also a producer of quality goods and services which can impact our journey towards Viksit Bharat 2047,” he noted.
Piyush Goyal also pressed upon the need for cleanliness drive and said that if the states become clean it will attract more and more tourists. “Cleanliness very closely aligns to economic development, employment and job creation and I would urge industry to adopt building of toilets in various schools as part of the CSR initiative,” he added.
Further, the commerce and industry minister also said that Rs 1 lakh crore allotted by the Government under the newly operationalised Anusandhan National Research Foundation (ANRF) should be utilised by the industry to foster innovation and create a research based ecosystem in the country and the youth should be tuned to the mindset of experimenting and developing new ideas. He also advocated bringing in private sector institutions to be part of the industry-academia-government partnership in fostering innovation and collaboration with the industry to meet the needs of the people and spur exports.
[The Financial Express]
