By Our Correspondent
NEW DELHI: The Indian industry is going through disruptions but that does not mean that you will die if you don’t disrupt, said Union PNG-Steel Minister Dharmendra Pradhan, noting that data is the new oil and the government is formulating a new data policy.
Dharmendra was speaking at BT Mindrush 2019. Listing achievements of the Modi government, he said electricity has reached rural houses, cooking gas has been provided to the poor and toilets have been built to make India open-defecation free.
“India is a liberal democracy, here we have people flying in private jets but at the same time there are people who burn kerosene to light their houses. We are an economically diverse society. So the China model of development will not work,” Pradhan said.
Referring to a recent remark by industrialist Rahul Bajaj, Pradhan clarified that the business community in India does not need to fear. We are there along with you for minimum government and maximum governance, he added.
The Indian industry is going through disruptions but that does not mean that you will die if you don’t disrupt, said the Minister, noting that data is the new oil and the government is formulating a new data policy.
The Modi government is implementing welfare-oriented effective interventions in rural India. Listing achievements of the Modi government, he said electricity has reached rural houses, cooking gas has been provided to the poor and toilets have been built to make India open-defecation free.
