Indian Policies Inhibit Foreign Investment, Says U.S. Official

“So, without sugar-coating its challenges – a tough neighborhood, tightening economic growth and the mounting impacts of pollution on public health – India, the world’s largest democracy, must decide its own path to the future. Will it make the reforms necessary to attract investment? Will it capitalize on the opportunities that lie in front of it?” she added.

“Those are the questions that India’s voters are asking as they cast their ballots and those are the questions that we want to see answered. We know that India has the potential to exceed all of our expectations, and it has done so in the past,” Biswal said.

“But to do so we believe India’s investment and tax policies must be designed to lure – not deter – capital flows; timely regulatory approvals and contract enforcement must be embraced; and protection of intellectual property must be enforced,” she said.

Observing that time and again the rules-based trading system has helped grow and integrate developing powers into major players on the global scene, Biswal said the more integrated India is into global markets and into the economic architecture of Asia, the more India’s economy will grow and benefit the entire global economic system.

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