India, Jan. 8 -- By Kaushal Verma

New Delhi [India], January 8 (ANI): Land availability, electricity pricing for industry and education and skilling remain key issues for India's manufacturing sector, even as the Indian economy has done remarkably well to cope with prolonged global uncertainty, Arvind Virmani, member of Niti Aayog told ANI.

"Land is one of the most important issues that keeps coming up across the country," Virmani said. "Growing industries need to expand and achieve scale, and for that land remains a serious bottleneck."

Virmani said industrial power tariffs in several states are priced well above the cost of production, effectively acting as a tax on manufacturing and job creation. While the central government has add...