India never had more ‘decisive government’, says PM Modi

TIL Desk/National/New Delhi/ Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday cited his dispensation’s push for wide-ranging reforms, including the privatisation of Air India, to assert that the country never had a more “decisive government”.

Launching the Indian Space Association (ISpA), an industry body aspiring to be the voice of the country’s space sector, Modi noted that fields like mining, coal, defence and space have been opened to private players, and said his government’s clear policy about public sector enterprises is to open those to private industry where its presence is not required.

While opening a host of sectors, the government has built a regulatory environment in which priority has been given to national interest as well as the interests of different stakeholders, he said.

The PM referred to the successful bid to privatise loss-making government-run airline Air India, and said this shows his dispensation’s commitment and seriousness.