•Vedanta Chairman Anil Agarwal calls for policy stability, simplified regulations, and entrepreneurial freedom to boost domestic resource production.
•His comments come amid war-driven supply risks in West Asia, highlighting India's heavy dependence on imported resources.
•Agarwal argues the current system slows miners, citing Rio Tinto's exit from a Madhya Pradesh diamond mine due to "complex, interfering and discouraging system."
•He advocates for trust, simple regulations, self-certification, and an end to public-private sector discrimination to unlock India's potential.
•Vedanta's success in scaling production of zinc and aluminum, and contributing ₹4.5 lakh crore to the exchequer, exemplifies what large-scale investment can achieve.
