The New Deal

Rajeev Deshpande

Having won elections with a shrewd mix of governance and welfare, BJP will bank on the widespread beneficiaries of its schemes in the Lok Sabha polls

The inability to rationalise expenditure has created a crisis for states when revenues are otherwise buoyant

The Modi government resists economic appeasement even as Opposition-ruled states revel in it

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