why i say the government has no business to be in business modi told the webinar attended by finance minister nirmala sitharaman investors private sector executives and government officials it is more important for the government to focus on welfare and development projects the pm said as he detailed shortcomings of the governments direct involvement in running businessesit is our governments endeavour to improve the living standards of the people while reducing the governments unnecessary inference in their lives he said and emphasised that there should neither be too little nor too much of government interferencereferring to the national asset monetisation pipeline the pm said there were several underutilised and unutilised assets in the country we have a target of 100 assets from oil gas airport power which we plan to monetise this has the potential for investment opportunities of rs 25 trillion i can tell you this will continue in future also said the pmthe mantra with which the government is moving ahead is monetise and modernise when the government monetises then that space is taken by the private sector said modi adding that the private sector brings investment global best practices which modernises and expands the sector and opens up job opportunities but he also said that to ensure that this procedure is transparent and within rules there is a need to monitortherefore through the monetise and modernise we can usher in more efficiency across the economy whatever money comes from the governments efforts can be used for welfare programmes modi said asserting that funds raised from asset monetisation and privatisation are used for building homes for the poor rural roads schools and many other welfare projects he said privatisation will also open up opportunities for the youth who will be able to showcase their talenthe said psu assets have served the nation well and there are immense possibilities in future too we have seen that whenever management changes enterprises touch new heights you must assess the value not on the basis of the present but the immense hidden possibilities of the future modi said and urged investors to take advantage of the new policies