Reforms in education, judiciary long overdue: Arun Jaitley

Stressing the need of reforms in education and judiciary, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said on Sunday that the reforms in these sectors are long overdue.

Jaitley was addressing the gathering as chief guest of the 14th convocation ceremony at Symbiosis International (Deemed University) at its Lavale campus on Sunday. "Judicial and educational systems are the two sectors where radical reforms are needed. These reforms have been pending for a long time," the minister said.

Speaking about the reforms in education system, Jaitley said, "We have one of the largest population which can be either asset or liability. There is a demographic difference in the world where population of some of the economies in the world is going down. India looks at this demographic difference as an opportunity to create trained human resources which will not only serve the Indian economy but those economies where population is going down."

"Unlike in the past, today's world has become highly competitive. In this competition, merit will take students forward than anything else. There is a huge space of excellence waiting for a talent in the society," Jaitley said.