Several administrative setbacks have marked the central government's nine years in office. That none of them has extracted a political cost requires deeper questioning.
From being one of the 'fragile five' to regaining the mantle of the world’s fastest growing major economy, India has come a long way in the past nine years. However, the fruits of economic growth are not getting distributed as evenly as hoped and this shows up in the relatively poor employment and per capita income statistics.
S Jaishankar said no major country in the world has maintained or improved its global position without boosting manufacturing and India needs to focus on that too.
In a major boost for the country’s economy, the per capita income of India has doubled in the last 9 years under the Modi government, leading to a spike in the average salaries of employees.