Reforms Reloaded

India must accelerate reforms, review QCOs, and push disinvestment to stay competitive, says Amitabh Kant | Full transcript

Speaking at Network18’s Reforms Reloaded 2025 summit in Delhi, former NITI Aayog CEO and G20 Sherpa Amitabh Kant said India should treat GST simplification as just the beginning of a deeper reform wave.

Govt to exceed Rs 47,000 crore disinvestment target this year, says DIPAM Secretary Arunish Chawla

Speaking at Network18 Reforms Reloaded in New Delhi, he noted that a third of the annual public investment target had already been met by July thanks to frontloaded reforms.

India needs to lift defence spending to 2.5–3% of GDP: Defence Secretary Rajesh Kumar Singh

Capital push to focus on indigenisation, with $25–30 billion a year planned for the next decade

Full Transcript: India will have $25-30 billion of capex every year in defence over next decade, says Defence Secy Rajesh Kumar Singh

Rajesh Kumar Singh stressed that the government’s focus will be on indigenization, cutting-edge technologies like AI, hypersonics, drones, and space capabilities, alongside reforms to boost private sector participation

Salary growth in India has trailed rise in profitability, AI to make it worse: CEA Anantha Nageswaran

Nageswaran suggested that Indian industry needs to ramp up its research and development.

Full Transcript: GST 2.0 will boost demand, growth likely near 7%, says CEA Anantha Nageswaran

Chief Economic Advisor Anantha Nageswaran said the landmark GST 2.0 reform will provide a strong push to domestic demand and strengthen growth momentum.

'Govt has no business running hotels': Amitabh Kant bats for privatisation of Delhi's Ashoka Hotel

The Ashok Hotel's privatisation is proceeding under India's National Monetisation Pipeline (NMP), aiming to lease the iconic five-star property through a public-private partnership (PPP) for a 60-year period.

'Earlier we do it, the better': Former NITI Aayog CEO Amitabh Kant on privatisation of IDBI bank

Kant also said that the government of India has no business running a hotel, calling for the privatisation of the Ashoka hotel in the heart of Delhi.

Equity market not frustrating, signals ‘Value Migration’: Utpal Sheth

Sheth explained that unlike a direct corporate tax cut, which immediately boosts profitability and valuations, an indirect tax cut like the GST reduction takes longer to reflect in corporate earnings.

Pralhad Joshi lists Modi Govt’s 5 major economic decisions, calls GST rate cut 'biggest reform since Independence'

Highlighting the government’s reform agenda, he said the Modi administration has implemented a series of transformative measures that have reshaped the economy.

Markets lack the strength to sustain new highs till earnings revive: Marathon Trends' Atul Suri

Atul Suri expressed optimism for the medium term that there will be a 20% upmove in the next one year, provided the reforms push actually play out and India starts seeing an uptick in GDP growth as well as corporate earnings.

Kotak's Nilesh Shah prefers a ban on weekly expiry, which 'does not serve much purpose'

Nilesh Shah's stance underscores a broader debate over whether weekly F&O contracts serve a meaningful purpose or simply fuel short-term speculation in an already turbulent market.

'Whoever ready to share tech with India': Defence secy on balancing ties with US, Russia

The defence secretary added that procurement activity remains strong, with major contracts lined up.

'India to release Rs 30,000 cr RFP for MALE class drones,' says Defence Secretary Rajesh Singh

He announced that the government is preparing to release a Request for Proposal (RFP) worth Rs 30,000 crore for Medium Altitude Long Endurance (MALE) category drones.

Frontier tech for Bharat: 'Aerospace, defence sectors where Indian jugaad does not work'

“The buzz about India being good in jugaad doesn’t work in this sector," said Vivek Mishra, Co-Founder & CEO of Raphe mPhibr, at Network18 Reforms Reloaded 2025 summit.

Full Transcript: Rise of retail investors a fresh breeze, govt set to beat disinvestment target, says DIPAM secy Arunish Chawla

At the Network18 Reforms Reloaded summit, DIPAM Secretary Arunish Chawla said the government is confident of exceeding its Rs 47,000 crore disinvestment target this year, citing retail investors’ growing role and upcoming IPOs.

GST reforms will benefit everyone, from a farmer to a millionaire in Mumbai: Union Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat

The reforms will help people have more money in their pockets, which will boost consumption, and tourism in one important aspect of it, Shekhawat said.

India's GDP growth will tend towards upper end of 6.3-6.8% range in FY26 after GST 2.0: CEA

Speaking about US President Donald Trump’s tariffs, the CEA said that 0.4-0.5 percent reduction was expected from India's trend growth of 6.5 percent in this year, and 1 percent reduction was likely next year.

Sanjeev Sanyal dismisses concerns over H-1B visas: 'Work can happen from anywhere, why move to US?'

He added that visas like H-1B primarily benefit the recipient country, which is a long-held public view.

FTA, GST reforms to lift demand and consumption; magical price points key for FMCG, says Dabur CEO Mohit Malhotra

According to Malhotra, affordability remains central to rural and urban consumption.

Union minister Gajendra Shekhawat highlights GST’s role in ending over-taxation across states

Speaking at Network18 Reforms Reloaded 2025 summit in Delhi, the union minister said, “GST reforms will help everyone from a farmer to a millionaire in Mumbai.”

India must better communicate its successes to foreign investors: Rajiv Memani

New investments are essential for driving manufacturing and value addition in the economy

Washing machines, refrigerators no more discretionary spends for emerging India: IDFC CEO V Vaidyanathan

Speaking at Network18 Reforms Reloaded 2025 summit in Delhi, Vaidyanathan also said that India has a long way to go for ease of doing business.