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Unless we have sound economics, we will not have sound politics, Praful Patel, Minister of Heavy Industry, said addressing the Hero Mindmine Summit. With coalition politics here to stay, governments cannot afford to get bogged down by activitism within, he said.
"We have created some self goals in the last few years," he acknowledged commenting on state of affairs in sectors like power and road.
On labour reforms he said there was no thought process in place to make it happen.
Commenting on FDI in aviation he said airline companies have to be managed better with or without FDI. He said personally he is in favour of privatising Air India.
