Participants and visitors test virtual reality headsets at the India Economic Summit in New Delhi on Friday. “…People voted for this Prime Minister because they wanted change,” she said at a World Economic Forum-India Economic Summit session moderated by film maker Karan Johar. “The Prime Minister also said ‘you voted for me to take hard decisions to improve the country … so be with me in this process.’ ”She said these decisions were taken with a view to increasing tax compliance, simplifying the taxation regime, widening the tax base, and also increasing productivity. She said the government would consider a suggestion to help bring out a series on freedom fighters to be telecast on the public service broadcaster Doordarshan. The Minister said the government viewed agencies including the Censor Board “as facilitators” within the ambit of the law.

Source: The Hindu October 06, 2017 17:15 UTC