Prime Minister Modi Invites Global Entrepreneurs To Invest In India
Hard selling his government's reforms, Prime Minister Narendra Modi today invited global entrepreneurs to come to India saying that it provides an investment friendly environment where restrictions have been removed and archaic laws abolished.
Speaking at Global Entrepreneur Summit 2017, he said over 1,200 outdated laws have been scrapped, 87 rules for foreign investment eased in 21 sectors and several government processes have been taken online.
"To my entrepreneur friends from across the globe, I would like to say, 'Come, Make in India, Invest in India', for India and for the world," he said. "I invite each one of you to become a partner in India's growth story. And once again assure you of our wholehearted support."
Ivanka Trump, U.S. President Donald Trump's daughter and advisor to the White House, is leading a U.S. delegation to the summit and gave the keynote address.
PM @narendramodi meets @IvankaTrump, Advisor to the President of United States, on the sidelines of Global Entrepreneurship Summit-2017 #GES2017 in Hyderabad pic.twitter.com/TFgttRcQKb
November 28, 2017Stating that an investment-friendly environment needs to be stable from the macro-economic perspective, Modi said his government has succeeded in containing the fiscal and current account deficits as well as curbing inflation.
"Our foreign reserves have crossed $400 billion, and we continue to attract large foreign capital flows," he said.
To young entrepreneur friends from India, he said: "Each of you has something valuable to contribute towards creating a New India by 2022. You are vehicles of change and instruments of India's transformation."
Our young entrepreneurs are the vehicles of change, the instruments of India's transformation. pic.twitter.com/sHg6sOZU0Z
November 28, 2017Also Read: Ivanka Trump Says Women Entrepreneurs to Usher in New Prosperity
Listing out business friendly measures the government has undertaken, Modi said loans worth Rs 4.28 trillion (Rs 4.28 lakh crore) have been sanctioned under the entrepreneurship loan scheme, MUDRA.
Under the 'Atal Innovation Mission', Tinkering Labs are being opened in more than 900 schools to promote a culture of innovation and entrepreneurship among children, he said.
After taking electricity to almost all villages, a new scheme, 'Saubhagya' will provide electricity connection to all the unelectrified families by December 2018, he said, adding that a programme to provide high-speed broadband Internet to all rural areas by March 2019 has also been launched.
"We are working on developing a national gas grid. A comprehensive national agency policy is also in the pipeline," he said.
The Prime Minister said the taxation system has been overhauled with the launch of GST, while the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code has been introduced to ensure timely resolution for stressed ventures.
"We have recently strengthened this further, preventing wilful defaulters from bidding for stressed assets," he said.
"Tough measures have been adopted to tackle the parallel economy, check tax evasion and control black money." The government, he said, understands that an environment of transparent policies and a rule of law providing a level playing field are necessary for entrepreneurship to flourish.
Modi said Aadhaar, the world's largest biometric based digital database, covers over 1.15 billion people and digitally authenticates over 40 million transactions daily.
"We now digitally provide monetary benefits of various government schemes to the beneficiaries through Direct Benefit Transfer using Aadhaar," he added.
On financial inclusion, he said almost 300 million bank accounts with deposits of over Rs 68,500 crore have been opened through the Jan Dhan Yojna. "These brings previously unbanked sections of society into the formal financial system. Of these, 53 per cent account are women." "We are steadily working towards a less cash economy and have launched a Unified Payment Interface App called BHIM. In less than a year, this platform is facilitating almost 280,000 transactions daily," he said.
Modi said India has been an incubator for innovations and entrepreneurship over the ages.
Stating that the government's Start-Up India programme is a comprehensive action plan to foster entrepreneurship and promote innovation, he said the scheme aims to minimise the regulatory burden and provide support to startups.
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