There were quite a few industrial lockouts that cost India a dear in 2014.
Modi said these steps exemplified his government's approach of 'minimum government and maximum governance'.
The government has unleashed a slew of reforms to attract greater investments including higher foreign direct investment in defence and opening up the railways infrastructure sector, relaxed labour laws, launched campaigns like the Make in India for re-invigorating manufacturing, Clean India and Digital India, among others.
The Vasundhara Raje government's initiatives mark a critical step forward in labour law reforms.
It's time we dispensed with the paper trail and shifted all labour law paper, workflows and permissions online.
With clouds of storm hovering over Parliament's budget session, President Pranab Mukherjee on Monday sought the "cooperation" of all MPs in the smooth conduct of legislative business but gave no indication of plans to bring changes in the controversial land acquisition ordinance.
'We need to take steps towards ease of doing business.'
Here's the full text of President Ram Nath Kovind's customary address to the joining sitting of Parliament on the first day of the budget session.
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