Farm crisis in poll-bound states of Karnataka, MP and Rajasthan, had made BJP jittery, especially after it suffered reverses in rural Gujarat in 2017 polls.
The ADB report also sees economy recovering to grow at 7.3 per cent in 2018 and 7.6 per cent in 2019, aided by various growth-oriented policy measures.
India’s rulers have changed, but the rules have not. Without smashing the anti-prosperity machine, we are not going to become free and prosperous.
Poverty is...
Boosting economic growth and export growth is as much a productivity challenge as it is going to be a political economy challenge for India. Is India’s statecraft up to it?
The issue of inequality has assumed the blazing limelight at a time when inequality in India is said to be higher than it was in the British Raj. It's a ripe situation for half-truths and incendiary statements.
Speaking at launch of economist Surjit Bhalla’s book, S Jaishankar also highlights Gen Z’s engagement with ‘reel culture’, which has 'promoted awareness, created interest in many subjects'.
Germany’s erstwhile Christian Democratic Union govt, led by Angela Merkel, prevented sale of small arms to police forces in states they perceived had ‘bad human rights record’.
A theme has not yet emerged for BJP & people see lack of a contest, which makes it unexciting. For all these reasons, 2024 is turning out to be an unexpectedly theme-less election.
A lot of things, the banking and power sectors for sure, need to fall into place to clock consistent 8% growth, calculated as per the methodology all of us understood. The fiscal deficits of centre and states are worrisome.
A lot of things, the banking and power sectors for sure, need to fall into place to clock consistent 8% growth, calculated as per the methodology all of us understood. The fiscal deficits of centre and states are worrisome.
good balanced analysis. agree with the author.