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The deluge of money in India’s political system is shaping more than just the nature of competition; it’s also having an effect on who gains entry into politics in the first place, as parties rely more on candidates who can pay their own way.
If the average GDP growth rate continues to hover at 4.5 percent to 5 percent per year, the current employment situation will not improve, and India will never generate a demand for labor that is even vaguely in line with its future supply.
India must innovate and bring efficiency to public expenditures if it is to alleviate poverty and extend true food security to its people.
To revive Indian manufacturing, industry and the government must implement a reform agenda together—to increase competition, reduce dualism, make the regulatory process more transparent, and cut the compliance burden.
Progress in India requires a deep commitment to restoring the centrality of markets in economic decisionmaking.
Both India and the United States are to blame for their partnership’s slowdown, and they share the responsibility to rebuild it.
Foreign policy is rarely central to elections anywhere in the world. It is no surprise, then, that the foreign policy sections in the manifestos put out by some Indian parties seem an afterthought.
Religious conflict has been part of Pakistan since its inception. While the state can be said to be a victim of its own policies, it does not face any existential threat.
India’s ruling Congress Party is expected to take a beating at the polls, as the world’s biggest election gets underway. The opposition BJP is set to do well, despite its polarizing candidate.
Even if the rural/urban divide did once provide an accurate description of the country, there is good reason to doubt it as India heads to the polls in 2014.