The fiscal deficit should be contained through a tight vigil on subsidies by allowing necessary increases in retail prices of commodities like petrol, diesel and fertilisers.
Army sources said the uniform comes with respect and every jawan and officer should honour it and not allow social media trends to influence their actions.
An oil shock, monsoon fears, rampant unemployment, and the seeming inevitability of inflation are common to both eras. Indira Gandhi’s self-destructive responses are instructive today.
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