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Modi's business reforms: Nikkei Asian Review's report card

The prime minister's ambitious agenda receives mixed marks

MUMBAI -- Narendra Modi's Bharatiya Janata Party made more than 100 policy pledges during the 2014 elections and in the early days after assuming power. They ranged in target from specific infrastructure plans to anti-terrorism measures, and in scale from tax reforms to a vow to "provide electrified and toilet-equipped housing for every family" -- in a country of 1.3 billion.

Here, we assess how far Modi's government has come over five years in tackling -- or failing to fulfill -- its key pledges, especially those that promised to reform longtime barriers to economic activity.

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