AS the country edges towards the launch of its next industrial policy cycle, there is a temptation to be comforted by lofty targets and warm rhetoric.Advertisements Yet, if the forthcoming strategy is to do more than decorate conference halls, the authorities must confront the hard realities that have repeatedly undermined industrial revival. The years ahead…
New policy needs grit
The task is to nurture competitive industries while maintaining fiscal discipline and currency stability, conditions without which long-term investment is impossible.
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