<p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify;">Chief Economic Adviser, Dr V Anantha Nageswaran has said that regulators must not hesitate to intervene in order to keep markets free from entry barriers. He was addressing the 8th National Conference on Economics of Competition Law held by the Competition Commission of India, in New Delhi today.</p>''<p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"> </p>''<p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify;">Mr Nageswaran highlighted the importance of competition in ensuring efficient markets and overall national prosperity. He added that competition unleashes the true potential of an economy and helps break free from the status quo. The Chief Economic Advisor said that free markets may not guarantee the benefits of competition on their own.</p>''<p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><br />''</p>''<p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222;">AIR Correspondent reports that scholars, practitioners, academicians and experts working in the area of economics of competition law participate in this annually-held conference. </span></p>