India has stopped working in a routine, bureaucratic manner: PM in Thailand

India has stopped working in a routine, bureaucratic manner as the country is undergoing transformative changes, Prime Minister Narendra Modi told a group of influential business leaders while hard-selling his government's economic reform initiatives.

Inviting Thai business leaders to invest in India, the prime minister particularly talked about initiatives to reform India's tax regime and said his government is now starting face-less tax assessment so that there is no scope for discretion or harassment.

The prime minister was speaking at an event to mark golden jubilee of the Aditya Birla Group's presence in Thailand.

In today's India, the contribution of the hard working tax payer is cherished. One area where we have done significant work is taxation. I am happy that India is one of the most people friendly tax regimes. We are committed to further improving it even more, he said.

The prime minister said it was the best time to be in India and that many things such as foreign direct .