Narendra Modi Continues to Slide Away From His Pledge to Reform

Writing in the Wall Street Journal, Sadanand Dhume, a resident fellow at the right wing American Enterprise Institute, says Prime Minister Modi’s record on privatisation is “dismal.” [Sub required]. However, railway minister Suresh Prabhu has said railways need private money but not privatisation. “But, that also puts more pressure on the government to find enough resources to push railways' development agenda. Prabhu spoke in detail about his plans to invite public-private partnership contracts to develop railway projects.”