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Given the legacy issues Modi had to take on, his first year in office stands up to criticism.
Getting foreign investment into export-oriented labour-intensive sectors in India has been stymied by rigid labour laws.
Following in the footpath of China, India is seeking new state to state tie-ups. Australia should answer the call.
Mindful of the short attention span of voters, Modi’s economic advisers have been careful to avoid selling economic policy as the answer to India’s problems.
By turning the focus to an aspirational society, Modi has championed the democratic case for economic growth at all costs.
India’s Modi-led progress on sanitation, rivers and life insurance is overshadowed by the need for a professionally staffed public health service.
Modi’s first year in office saw him visit 19 countries, spending 52 days abroad. But his energy shown overseas has not been matched by the requisite zeal for domestic economic reform.
One year on from his swearing in, Modi’s “more governance, less government” mantra is coming unstuck, and simplistic public debates are not helping.
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Associate professor, O.P. Jindal Global University
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Chair of Contemporary Indian Studies, The University of Melbourne
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Associate Professor, Institute of Economic Growth, and Visiting Fellow, Bruegel, University of Delhi
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Assistant Professor and Assistant Director, Centre for Law and Humanities, O.P. Jindal Global University
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Professor of Accounting, Banking and Finance, University of Canberra
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Associate Professor of Economics, Western Sydney University
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Pro Vice-Chancellor Research and Professor of International Studies, La Trobe University
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Adjunct Professor, Asian Studies, Adelaide University
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Senior Research Associate, O.P. Jindal Global University
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Vice President western region, Public Health Foundation of India