Omkar Dattatray
Undoubtedly India has marched from red tape to red carpet in the Modi’s rule of nine years and she has a quantum jump and carved a niche of itself in the globe and she is respected and heard by the international community .In fact India has moved ahead from litharge and inertia of its reluctant bureaucracy and moved to the arena of development and positive activity and due to the efforts and under the leadership of PM Narendra Modi ,India is today counted among the fastest growing economies of the world .She is attracting huge foreign investment because of the ease of doing business and due to the favorable business environment and peace .Before 2014 there was corruption and red tape ism in every sector of the government functioning and inertia ,corruption and red tape was the characteristic of the different layers of the administrative hierarchy and the honest officer was odd man out and misfit .
But during the past nine years of NDA’s governance there happened significant change and development and red tape is absent and inertia of the bureaucracy has come to end giving place to positive ,active and responsive as well as transparent bureaucracy which tries to satisfy the aspirations of various sections of the society .The administration is upbeat and is up and doing and it works in a transparent manner to come up to the expectations of the last man in the queue .The Modi’s ease of doing business and other investment friendly atmosphere has attracted huge investment from abroad and India has become a favorite investment destination of the world where the investors of the world are investing .
This increase in investments has picked up the industrial and economic activity which resulted in the economic ,social ,industrial and technological development of the country .The licensing raj and permit system has totally been obliterated from the economic system and free enterprise is flourishing and this led to the development of the economy and it also created job opportunities for the educated unemployed youth of the country.PM Modi has been successful in creating a hassle free business environment and it made India a preferred investment destination of the world .
The favorable business environment coupled with the policy of ease of doing business has created upward trend in foreign investments in India and this has led to the creation of a good number of jobs in the corporate sector .The investment and business friendly conditions and environment in India is the gift of Narendra Modi to the nation and because of it there is investment rush in the country because the overseas investors are desirous of investing in India and in fact are investing in the economy as there is the hope of good rate of return on investment and this ROI is attracting foreign direct investment in the Indian economy and this is a big and great favor to India .
Modi introduced an efficient tax system and regime and created business and investment friendly environment and this resulted in the impetus in the investment activity and brought huge foreign direct Investment –FDI and this coupled with the ease of doing business catapulted investment activity as never before and all this led to the economic development of the country .There is innovation and development in the country and this is spurred by ,’’Start up India’’ ’’Stand up India,’ ’PLI ,other digital transformation facilitated economic growth and development .Union Home Minister Amit Shah said that India has accomplished a journey from red tape to the red carpet in nine years of the Narendra Modi government and created a hassle free business environment ,making the country a preferred FDI destination .Shah also said PM Modi has unleashed India’s aspirations to drive growth in the nine years of ease of doing business .
The inertia and lethargy of the bureaucracy has died down and in its place activism and positivity has come to stay and characterize the governance and functioning of the government and all this resulted into investment activity and this led to increase in the employment opportunities in various sectors of the economy and this in fact is no ordinary development for the country .The favorable business opportunities ,friendly atmosphere ,ease of doing business and elimination of license Raj and permit system totally created an friendly atmosphere for trade industry and environment and this led to imputes in the investment activity and the consequent development .
In fact PM Modi introduced an efficient tax system ,investor friendly policy and easier approvals to create a obstruction free business environment making India an FDI destination .The red tape is all most absent in the government sector and also in private corporate sector and in its place clean and corruption free business and governmental functioning is the order of the day and this led to the growth and development of the country’s economy .To conclude in Home Minister Amit Shah’s language India journeyed from red tape to red carpet during the past nine years of the Modi’s rule .Modi has the distinction of having been accorded a red carpet welcome by several foreign country’s and this also raised the stature of not only the Prime minister Modi but of the country as well in the eyes of the international community .
Giving red carpet welcome to the PM Modi is not an ordinary development but it is significant and crucial for the PM and the country’s economy as well .In fact India is marching ahead for becoming vishwa Guru but it will still take time and painstaking hard work for India to become a World Guru and it is hoped that by 2047 India will take assume the enviable position of vishwa Guru. At the moment one can opine that India is marching from red tape to red carpet during the last nine years of Modi rule.
(The author is a columnist, social and KP activist)
