Behind the burqa of psecularism
According to Bhagwati and Panagariya, Mrs Gandhi believed that
economic growth was "dangerous" for the poor if it happened while
poverty still existed. She had no faith in economic growth being the
vehicle to remove poverty.
Her dutiful daughter-in-law has followed in her footsteps,
thereby bringing us to a situation in which economic growth has halved
along with the worth of the rupee. But, just like in the times of Indira
Gandhi, there has been no reduction in poverty and no improvement in
the standard of living of rural Indians despite the government having
spent thousands of crores on guaranteed employment, cheap food grain and
all manner of other charitable schemes.
Tavleen Singh: An India of Indira's dreams
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