"That apart, the momentum of the economic agenda set over the last two terms will carry through for some time even if newer, bigger ideas aren’t on the table now"
I am hard pressed to find the "momentum of economic agenda". No new ideas are being thought, old ideas like FSLRC are biting dust, and done and dusted deals like NPS are getting undone.
Let us set the working definition of reforms - I had a long discussion on Twitter with a financial journalist who seem to club all three of these disparate ideas - IT streamlining, fiscal spending during covid and bringing government off balance sheet items to on book, as reforms.
Indian State's crying need for changes span across the tough problems of limiting unchecked discretionary powers of bureaucrats turning them to rule based conduct (PDMA, FSLRC e.g.), improving the state of our moribund institutions etc.
In short,any agenda that requires considerable negotiation and navigation, because the "contract" is being rewritten.
I am hard pressed to find indications of such ideas.
"That apart, the momentum of the economic agenda set over the last two terms will carry through for some time even if newer, bigger ideas aren’t on the table now"
I am hard pressed to find the "momentum of economic agenda". No new ideas are being thought, old ideas like FSLRC are biting dust, and done and dusted deals like NPS are getting undone.
Let us set the working definition of reforms - I had a long discussion on Twitter with a financial journalist who seem to club all three of these disparate ideas - IT streamlining, fiscal spending during covid and bringing government off balance sheet items to on book, as reforms.
Indian State's crying need for changes span across the tough problems of limiting unchecked discretionary powers of bureaucrats turning them to rule based conduct (PDMA, FSLRC e.g.), improving the state of our moribund institutions etc.
In short,any agenda that requires considerable negotiation and navigation, because the "contract" is being rewritten.
I am hard pressed to find indications of such ideas.