Further opening of insurance and banking sectors to foreign direct investment (FDI), speeding up the disinvestment process and managing water resources were reportedly among the key topics of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s interaction with 40 economists and industry experts last week to achieve higher economic growth. The theme was ‘Economic Policy-The Road Ahead’.
The day-long interaction was divided into two parts. First, economists in five distinct groups discussed various themes. These groups deliberated upon macro-economy and employment, agriculture and water resources, exports, education and health. Later, they made presentations to the prime minister.Further opening of insurance and banking sectors to foreign direct investment, speeding up the disinvestment process and managing water resources were reportedly among the key topics of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's interaction with 40 economists and industry experts last week to achieve higher economic growth.The theme was 'Economic Policy-The Road Ahead'.#
The meeting was also attended by ministers Piyush Goyal and Rao Inderjeet Singh, vice chairman of NITI Aayog Rajiv Kumar, according to an official release.
Meanwhile, Modi in a tweet said he had a fruitful interaction with economists and other experts. “The inputs received were insightful and will benefit our growth trajectory.”
Among the economists and experts present were Bimal Jalan, Shankar Acharya, Surjit Bhalla, Vikram Limay, Sonal Varma, Shekhar Shah and Bibek Debroy. (DS)
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