'Push reforms, boost investor confidence'

The Centre should accelerate the pace of stake sales in state-run companies, unveil a fresh fiscal roadmap, recapitalise banks, reduce import duty, leading economists told Prime Minister Narendra Modi, while backing the government's structural reforms, including those related to the farm sector.The PM’s meeting with economists comes ahead of the February 1 Union budget that is expected to unveil fresh measures to revive growth, which has taken a massive hit due to the Covid-19 pandemic.