“This is a golden opportunity for us. “But states have to be the key drivers to implement these programmes and hence the Prime Minister is driving competitive federalism,” Kant added.Modi also emphasised on the importance of preserving institutional memory and is believed to have said that writing of gazettes by officers should be made compulsory in the districts.Reiterating the goal of his government to double farm income, PM Modi shad stressed on eliminating wastage in farm produce and emphasised that states focus on food processing. “The Prime Minister called for states to focus on agriculture reforms and e-NAM in particular,” the NITI statement said.Earlier in the day Panagariya made a strong case for shifting workers from agriculture to industry. “We must specifically look for policies that keep the enterprises small. Micro must grow into small, small into medium and medium into large,” he added.

Source: Economic Times July 10, 2017 18:11 UTC