Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi faces enough problems supporting a flagging economy as his second term begins. Yet he now confronts questions about whether growth in the first was nearly as strong as official figures claimed.
Modi's first term, from 2014 to 2019, brought India a growth spurt in gross domestic product of 7%-plus each year, capturing the imagination of investors around the globe. Steps to open protected sectors -- aviation, defense and insurance -- pushed foreign direct investment to more than $60 billion in 2017-18, from $45 billion three years earlier.
