date:Aug 08, 2014
yond short-term improvisation.
Modi's approach is that of a district collector rather than a structural reformer, said Rajiv Kumar, a senior fellow at the privately-funded Centre for Policy Research in New Delhi. The reference is to India's army of low-level officials whose role - dating to British colonial rule - includes being a local tax man and administrator.
This is my fear about this government - that it is being captured by the bureaucrats, Kumar says. Competition is the best short-term