After the paralysis of the last years of Manmohan Singh as prime minister, the four years of Narendra Modi have been almost hyper-active. What has been achieved by this burst of energy? In a country with many poor people, the primary economic issues are growth and reaching the benefits of that growth to those at the bottom of the pyramid, in an environment of macro-economic stability.
One can also look at specific programmes, to see how well they have done. Growth has been somewhat less than in the five years of the second Singh government, especially after adjusting for the boost to ...
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First Published: Fri, May 18 2018. 18:48 IST
