Bite the bullet

The govt should walk the PM's talk on unleashing an arsenal of reforms

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi's intention to unleash an arsenal of reforms is reassuring and a reiteration of the Bharatiya Janata Party-led National Democratic Alliance's approach to development. As part of the next round of reforms, the government will repeal obsolete laws, simplify rules and processes, digitise procedures and approvals, and decriminalise more offences. The idea, as Modi has articulated, is not merely to bring in marginal changes but to enable the economy to take a big leap. This is the right approach. Indeed, over the past decade, the government has worked to not merely roll out new policies and schemes but also upgrade and fine-tune existing ones. The goods and service tax reforms is the latest manifestation of those efforts.