NITI Aayog’s Lahiri expects ‘definite improvements’ in Bengal’s business rules
The vice chairman says five months is too soon to judge the Adhikari government but he is hopeful it will deliver.
NITI Aayog Vice Chairman Ashok Lahiri said on Saturday that he expected West Bengal to see "definite improvements" in its regulatory regime, and that it was too early to judge the state's new BJP government after five months in office.
Speaking to reporters in Kolkata, Lahiri said state governments were now very aware of the gaps in their regulations and were trying to reform them, news agency ANI reported. "Every industry is in a state. There is no industry at the Centre," he said, stressing the role states play in business reform.
On the government led by Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari, which took office after the Assembly election in May, Lahiri said five months was too short a period for a firm judgement but that he was "quite hopeful that this government will deliver".
He described Bengal as a state with a lot of potential that had, for one reason or another, slipped down, ANI reported. He did not give figures.
Lahiri, an economist, was a BJP MLA in Bengal before he was appointed NITI Aayog's vice chairman earlier this year.
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