Development -India

BBC report on the Modi rule 2014 promised 5 trillion dollar economic.. https://youtube/embed//0O7hF_MHcEM?t=157=end? govt economic record was lacklustre since 2014. Covid pandemic has now battered the under par economy.. promised 5 trillion dollar economic is a pipe dream. Gorwth had gone down to a little over 3 %, due to the hasty implementation of GST, demonetisation, and periodic lockdown, Infrastructure build up has been the bright spot - 36 km of highway per day, setting solar and wind energy capacity of 100 GW, and pand india supply of cooking gas, electricity.. adn piped water to houses under progress, building of toilets, Manufacturing sector- stagnant, India economy: Seven years of Modi in seven charts By Nikhil Inamdar and Aparna Alluri BBC News, Delhi 22 June2021 https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-57437944 Growth is sluggish Joblessness is on the rise India is not making or exporting enough (make in India) Infrastructure building is a rare bright spot More people have joined the formal economy (jan Dhan acounts) Healthcare spending is dismal Too many still work in farming experts say piecemeal reforms will achieve little - the government instead needs to spend to make farming more affordable and profitable, economist Professor R Ramakumar said."Demonetisation destroyed the supply chains, some irreparably, and GST led to a rise in input prices in 2017. The government has also done very little to alleviate the pain of 2020 [Covid lockdowns]," the solution partly lies outside farming: "Agriculture will do well when other sectors are able to absorb the surplus labour."