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Need to look at cost of doing business to boost manufacturing; cut statutory liquidity ratio: Amitabh Kant

The Economic Times - Economy Trade press Published 11th October 2026 India

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What the source reported

Source-reported

Amitabh Kant has advocated for reducing the statutory liquidity ratio to promote job-intensive manufacturing in India. He emphasized that cutting SLR could lower the cost of credit for businesses. Kant highlighted the importance of adequate credit in supporting the growth of startups in new-age sectors. Additionally, he addressed the need for easier land acquisition and better power availability for manufacturers.

Publication
The Economic Times - Economy · Trade Publication
Published
11th October 2026
Original report
economictimes.indiatimes.com

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What ProcIntel recorded

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Category
Regulation & Trade
Geography
India
Organisations
None identified
Collected
11th October 2026 · 14:50

Initial assessment ProcIntel's automatic, provisional read of this individual Signal -- Initial Significance and Initial Confidence, computed deterministically before any Event extraction or human review.

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Significance 1 · Low
Confidence 2 · Low

Initial Significance Low (17.0/100). Strongest contributor: Procurement Impact (12.0/30 points). Limiting factor: Geographic Breadth (0.0/10 points). Initial Confidence Low (20.5/100, data sufficiency: Insufficient). Strongest contributor: Source Authority (20.0/40 points). Limiting factor: Specificity (0.0/20 points).

Strongest contributor
Procurement Impact
Limiting factor
Geographic Breadth