High Tide Of Hope For Change In India: Modi


WASHINGTON: India will be open and friendly for business, ideas, research, innovations and travel, said Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi who assured that unnecessary laws and regulations will be eliminated and bureaucratic processes will be made easier and shorter.

In an Op-Ed piece "Unleashing India's Energy and Drive" that appeared in the Wall Street Journal, Modi wrote: "There is a high tide of hope for change in India. This May, across India's immense diversity, 1.25 billion people spoke unequivocally for political stability, good governance and rapid development."

"India has a government with a majority in the Lok Sabha, our lower house of parliament, for the first time in 30 years. A young nation with 800 million people under age 35, India is brimming with optimism and confidence. The young people's energy, enthusiasm and enterprise are India's greatest strength. Unleashing those attributes is my government's biggest mission," he said.

The article appeared on a day when Modi begins his five-day visit to the U.S..

The Indian prime minister wrote: "We will pursue this mission by eliminating unnecessary laws and regulations, making bureaucratic processes easier and shorter, and ensuring that our government is more transparent, responsive and accountable. It has been said that doing the thing right is as important as doing the right thing."

He went on to say: "We will create world-class infrastructure that India badly needs to accelerate growth and meet people's basic needs."

"We will make our cities and towns habitable, sustainable and smart; and we will make our villages the new engines of economic transformation. 'Make in India' is our commitment-and an invitation to all-to turn India into a new global manufacturing hub. We will do what it takes to make it a reality."

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Source: IANS