1,500 rules scrapped in 5 yrs to help business: PM makes his election pitch

Modi said his government's reforms like GST had cut red tape and improved transparency

Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Friday his government had scrapped 1,500 rules in five years to improve ease of doing business in the country, speaking to small traders as he campaigns to be reelected for a second term.

"Governments boasted of making new rules--I had said I will remove a regulation every day if come to power. I have tried to make your life and business easy in last five years," Modi said in a Delhi stadium packed with hundreds of traders.

Modi said his government's reforms like Goods and Services Tax had cut red tape and improved