India must forget supply-side fixes and stoke consumption

Narendra Modi can start by curbing inflation with GST and fuel tax cuts

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To encourage private-sector investment, the Modi government has been relying primarily on supply-side measures such as lower corporate income tax rates and generous capital subsidies, but it is proving to be a bad strategy as, except for mobile phone assembly, it has not led to a manufacturing boom. © Reuters

Ritesh Kumar Singh is founder and chief executive of policy research and advisory company Indonomics Consulting in New Delhi.

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