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Investment calls should be based on market, not ministers' will: Jaitley

He also said that the reforms would put Indian economy on a far more sound track so that the world to look forward to cleaner, bigger Indian economy in days to come

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley with Arvind Panagariya at Columbia University. (Photo: Twitter)
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Finance Minister Arun Jaitley with Arvind Panagariya at Columbia University. (Photo: Twitter)

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The series of reforms initiated by the Modi government like demonetisation and the GST has put the Indian economy on a "far more stronger track", said Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Wednesday at the Columbia University in New York.

"Some of these steps, the demonetisation, the GST because the GST could lead to de-stocking of existing stocks can have for a quarter or so a transient impact on manufacturing. But in the long run, these are institutional reforms and structural changes, he said.

"These are changes have put the Indian economy on a far more sound track so that

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