Biggest challenge is to get Centre, states work together: CII president

Bajaj said even in states where it is the same party ruling as the Centre, one doesn't see the same level of focus, energy and interest

The single biggest challenge on the ground is getting the Centre and states to work together, Sanjiv Bajaj, president of Confederation of Indian Industry (CII), said on Thursday, adding that a common minimum programme can be devised to reduce the pain points for the industry.

“If we chug along, we will go from 6-6.5 per cent to a 7 per cent economy which is not bad. But the opportunity that we have is to get to 10 per cent,” Bajaj, who is also the chairman, MD & CEO of Bajaj Finserv, said at the CII Global Economic Policy Summit.  

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