Nirmala Sitharaman can’t just talk up the economy to make it grow faster
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Nirmala Sitharaman can’t just talk up the economy to make it grow faster

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Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has sought to defend the government’s record by claiming multiple greenshoots are visible in the economy. But other than nascent recovery in manufacturing, none of the other indicators point towards any obvious upturn. The government can’t just talk up the economy to make it grow faster.