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Budget2026-27:ThenextfivereformsIndianeedstoboostgrowth

Budget 2026-27: The next five reforms India needs to boost growth.

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Budget 2026-27: The next five reforms India needs to boost growth
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Budget 2026-27: The next five reforms India needs to boost growth

By Amitabh Kant

Budget 2026-27: The next five reforms India needs to boost growth.

Jan 16, 2026
Keeping India open and secure
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Keeping India open and secure

By Amitabh Kant & Ranveer Nagaich

India’s success in manufacturing exports, particularly in electronics, autos, and renewables, depends on trade in intermediate and capital goods.

Jan 16, 2026
Roll back quality control orders on inputs to spur manufacturing
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Roll back quality control orders on inputs to spur manufacturing

By Amitabh Kant & Diewakarr Mittal

Such QCOs hold back the competitiveness of manufacturers and ending them could catapult our factory sector to a new orbit.

Nov 18, 2025
Ease Up, Quality Cops
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Ease Up, Quality Cops

By Amitabh Kant & Diewakarr Mittal

The core question is not whether quality standards are essential; the challenge lies in whether QCO design, sequencing, and timing advance industrial competitiveness.

Oct 27, 2025
Biz Registration, a 24-Hr Challenge
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Biz Registration, a 24-Hr Challenge

By Amitabh Kant & Prateek Goyal

India must build on its success, eliminate procedural bottlenecks, and enable business registration to be completed in 24 hours.

Oct 11, 2025
Post-GST The 10 Reforms India Needs In Trump Times
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Post-GST The 10 Reforms India Needs In Trump Times

By Mr. Amitabh Kant

GST reforms should trigger the movement for wide-ranging reforms that enhance India's competitiveness.

Sep 09, 2025
Reform the economy to defeat tariff threat
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Reform the economy to defeat tariff threat

By Amitabh Kant

Tariffs and global headwinds should not weaken India's resolve; they must galvanise reform.

Aug 14, 2025
Beyond tariffs: Reforms India needs to seize the global economic moment
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Beyond tariffs: Reforms India needs to seize the global economic moment

By Mr. Amitabh Kant

To seize the global economic moment, India must act with clarity, speed and conviction across five strategic imperatives.

Jul 31, 2025