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Letter to BS: Don't bully captains of India Inc, introspect on faults

Ministers need to introspect to see why private investment is not happening

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This refers to “Governance by diktat, in an echo chamber” (December 23). I agree that politicians, especially those in power, tend to sermonise while speaking both to the captains of industry and bankers. Ministers need to introspect to see why private investment is not happening. Is it due to the business climate, bureaucratic heavy handedness, the slowdown in bank/NBFC lending or regulatory and tax policies etc? Ministers are smart enough to know where to put their money. Those who do speak up, the chiefs of Vodafone and Airtel for example, are promptly given a dressing down for asking for too