Import tariff needs to be brought down by 50% to achieve competitiveness: Montek Ahluwalia
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Last Updated: Mar 10, 2021, 04:49 PM IST
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Stating that the Indian economy has not witnessed fast enough growth, Ahluwalia said the underlying challenge is the ineffectiveness to translate broad uncontroversial objectives of competitiveness and growth into concrete and actionable policy programmes yielding results in a time-bound manner.
Former deputy chairman of the Planning Commission, Montek Singh Ahluwalia (File Pic)
Bringing down import tariffs by at least 50 per cent holds the key to achieve competitiveness in India, former deputy chairman of the Planning Commission, Montek Singh Ahluwalia has said.
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