The world sees India as an engine of economic growth: Piyush Goyal
Developed countries very keen to sign trade
deals with India now; before 2014 they had doubt
The Government will fully support traders who raise their voice against
harassment by any authority
Traders should work with Government to reduce compliance burden of people and
businesses, but they should strictly follow ethical trade practices
PM Modi's welfare policies are helping the poor emerge as consumers
PM Modi's welfare schemes have made India's population a big asset
Traders, MSMEs should benefit from demand of goods by beneficiaries of PM
Modi's welfare schemes: Goyal
Union Minister
for Commerce and Industry, Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution and
Textiles, Piyush Goyal today said that the world now sees India as an engine of
economic growth. He was addressing the gathering at the Vyapari Udyami Sammelan
in New Delhi today.
Stressing that India enjoyed the confidence of the world
today, Goyal said that developed countries very keen to sign trade deals with
India now. He added that before 2014, Indian economy was considered to be
fragile and investors had their doubts about doing business with India.
Stressing upon the need for transparency and ease of
doing business, the Minister assured traders and entrepreneurs that the
Government will fully support traders who raise their voice against harassment
by any authority.
He called upon traders to work with the Government to
reduce compliance burden of people and businesses, but asked that they strictly
follow ethical trade practices. Unnecessary, cumbersome and counter-productive
laws and regulations must be uprooted to improve ease of doing business, he
added.
He asked traders to give priority to the quality of goods
and services that India offered. He also underscored the need to encourage
youngsters to come forward and lend a youthful energy to India’s growth story
with new ideas. The clarion call of ‘vocal for local’ given by the Prime
Minister, Narendra Modi must be taken up by the youth of the nation, the
Minister said. He added that we must also encourage more and more women to
become traders and entrepreneurs.
Applauding Prime Minister’s visionary welfare policies, Goyal
said that these policies have been helping the poor emerge as consumers and
have successfully transformed India’s population into its greatest strength. He
added that the Prime Minister’s tireless work had ensured that every household
in the country gets access to basic amenities such as cooking gas, drinking
water, electricity and toilet and every village gets access to the internet. Goyal
said that the policies of the government had also given every Indian the
courage to be ambitious and the confidence to aspire to become entrepreneurs.
The Minister also emphasized that traders and Micro,
Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) should benefit from demand of goods by
beneficiaries of the Prime Minister’s welfare schemes. He asked all traders,
entrepreneurs, and businesses, both big and small, to take a collective resolve
to work together to take forward the dream of a self-reliant India by promoting
more and more Indian products.