How our PM @narendramodi loves to hear critical criticism and suggestions.
1. PM met a number of business leaders and entrepreneurs over the past week to seek feedback on various sectors as well as suggestions on policy measures to boost growth and accelerate the drive toward a $5-trillion economy. More such meetings are planned in the days ahead.
2 Each of these meetings lasted more than two hours and saw a candid exchange of ideas as to how the government and industry can work together to improve business sentiment, investment and boost creation of jobs
3. Those who have attended these meetings so far include Uday Kotak, CEO, Kotak Mahindra Bank; Rajnish Kumar, chairman, SBI; Aditya Puri, MD, HDFC Bank; IT industry veteran TV Mohandas Pai; ex-finance secretary Hasmukh Adhia; Tech Mahindra MD CP Gurnani;
4. Not many government officials were present at these meetings to facilitate a frank discussion.
“He told us he had not invited us to praise him or the government but to hear our views and what’s missing, what could be done and how to unlock and accelerate growth” Saurabh
“He told us he had not invited us to praise him or the government but to hear our views and what’s missing, what could be done and how to unlock and accelerate growth” Saurabh
5 We made some suggestions about why the slowdown happened and what measures need to be undertaken and what is lacking... We felt that he is very focussed on getting the economy back on track and he surely will,” said Mohandas Pai.
6. The PM has so far met over 60 entrepreneurs and business leaders from sectors such as fastmoving consumer goods (FMCG), banking and finance, renewable energy, diamond, retail, textiles, micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) and startups and technology.
