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.picture.election::after { background: url(https://frontline.thehindu.com/static/content/frontline/special/special-election2024-big.svg) no-repeat center; } </style><div class="picture election"><picture><source media="(min-width: 1600px)" sizes="960px" srcset="https://fl-i.thgim.com/public/incoming/u91599/article68326968.ece/alternates/LANDSCAPE_1200/Modi3.0.JPG" /><source media="(min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1599px)" sizes="640px" srcset="https://fl-i.thgim.com/public/incoming/u91599/article68326968.ece/alternates/LANDSCAPE_1200/Modi3.0.JPG" /><source media="(min-width: 321px) and (max-width: 767px)" sizes="400px" srcset="https://fl-i.thgim.com/public/incoming/u91599/article68326968.ece/alternates/LANDSCAPE_660/Modi3.0.JPG" /><source media="(max-width: 320px)" sizes="320px" srcset="https://fl-i.thgim.com/public/incoming/u91599/article68326968.ece/alternates/LANDSCAPE_320/Modi3.0.JPG" /><img src="https://assetsfl.thehindu.com/theme/images/fl-online/1x1_spacer.png" alt="Modi’s policies have caused an unusual increase of income and wealth concentration in the hands of a few business houses." title="Modi’s policies have caused an unusual increase of income and wealth concentration in the hands of a few business houses." data-original="https://assetsfl.thehindu.com/theme/images/fl-online/1x1_spacer.png" class="lead-img" fetchpriority="high"/></picture></div><p class="caption"> Modi’s policies have caused an unusual increase of income and wealth concentration in the hands of a few business houses. | Photo Credit: AMIIT DAVE/REUTERS </p></div><div id="content-body-68307139" class="articlebodycontent col-xl-9 col-lg-12 col-md-12 col-sm-12 col-12" itemprop="articleBody"><p>The election results, which gave both the BJP and the National Democratic Alliance a far fewer number of seats than they had in the previous Parliament, <a href="https://frontline.thehindu.com/election-2024/2024-lok-sabha-election-results-india-has-voted-against-authoritarianism-inequality-constitution-muslims/article68265961.ece" target="_blank" >surprised many</a>. But now, attention has shifted to assessing what that would do to this version of a Narendra Modi-led government in terms of its behaviour and policies in different spheres. One such sphere is <a href="https://frontline.thehindu.com/election-2024/narendra-modi-nda-bjp-lok-sabha-election-2024-stock-market-nse-sensex/article68266621.ece" target="_blank" >economic policy</a>, where the results suggest that the second Modi government’s claimed sense of comfort with the nature and outcomes of its policies was misplaced. Speculation is rife about the compulsions of coalition politics and the possibility of it triggering change on the economic policy front. Some suspect that it will, while others believe that Modi is incapable of change, as the composition of the new Cabinet indicates.</p><p>However, assessments of the likelihood of such change are hampered by the difficulty in characterising the nature of economic policy under the two previous Modi governments. Reading the policy on the basis of statements from Modi and his spokespersons yields a framework that has an eclectic set of features: capital spending with a focus on infrastructure; efforts to build India’s woefully <a href="https://frontline.thehindu.com/economy/article30911557.ece" target="_blank" >inadequate manufacturing base</a>, not least by offering subsidies under the production-linked incentive scheme; and special welfare schemes varying from transfers to farmers to provision of free foodgrains, to name a few. Arriving at a holistic understanding of the government’s policy stance from elements of that kind is difficult.</p><p>In fact, in each such policy area, the details suggest that decisions seem to have been driven by the demands of propaganda rather than a concern with substance and impact. For example, under infrastructure, much was made about transforming the railways by showcasing more than 50 new Vande Bharat trains, even while periodic accidents revealed the failure to renovate and modernise track and signalling infrastructure.</p><p><strong>Also Read | <a class="also-read-mid-article" href="https://frontline.thehindu.com/columns/economic-perspectives-narendra-modi-government-dismantling-india-federalism-political-and-fiscal-components/article67306659.ece">How the Modi government is dismantling India’s federalism, politically and fiscally</a></strong></p><p>While the extension of the COVID-era food provision schemes and transfers to chosen sections were flagged as indicators of an enhanced emphasis and spending on welfare, budgetary allocations for a whole host of welfare schemes on the books, targeting areas ranging from employment generation to housing and nutrition, have been kept at woefully inadequate levels. The emphasis has been on branding and presenting many old and a few new schemes as measures and guarantees <a href="https://frontline.thehindu.com/the-nation/satire-from-erewhons-high-court-in-vacation-mode-obiter-dicta-on-importance-of-a-name/article67625361.ece" target="_blank" >directly attributable to the Prime Minister</a>. The presumption seems to have been that with an aggressively communal and divisive political agenda helping gather majority voter support, political legitimacy does not depend on the outcomes of economic policy.</p><h3 class="sub_head">Diverse drivers</h3><p>Besides propaganda, there have been rather diverse drivers of whatever goes by the name of economic policy. To start with, the numbers make it clear that central to the BJP’s strategy of winning political power was the monopolisation of the mobilisation and use of political funding. This required obtaining the maximum in the form of political donations, as well as finding ways, ranging from the use of state agencies to the alleged use of demonetisation, to freeze funds available to the opposition. Both carrots and sticks were deployed to mobilise funds, as the court-directed release of evidence on the operations of the now defunct <a href="https://frontline.thehindu.com/politics/bjp-modi-electoral-bond-scheme-truth-hindu-rashtra/article68001490.ece" target="_blank" >“electoral bonds” scheme</a> revealed.</p><p>This funding strategy has implications for economic policy. If humongous sums have to be mobilised from the private sector, those private donors have to be rendered capable of making such large donations and be incentivised to do so. This has encouraged a policy environment in which the accumulation of assets and wealth of favoured wealth holders is facilitated and engineered. The net result has been an unusual increase of <a href="https://frontline.thehindu.com/news/inequality-rising-since-2000s-top-one-per-cent-in-india-holds-40-per-cent-wealth-world-inequality-lab-study-ambani-adani/article67975819.ece" target="_blank" >income and wealth concentration</a> in the hands of a few business houses, which in turn are direct or indirect sources of political funding. It is to be expected that this mutually beneficial nexus between state actors and private capital will influence the character of “industrial policy”.</p><p>A second feature of policy during the Modi regime has been an effort to extract resources from the States, the RBI, and some public sector entities to ensure that its spending on select infrastructure projects and welfare schemes does not result in too much of a deviation from its fiscal consolidation targets and damage its claim to be fiscally prudent. A growing reliance on revenues from cesses and surcharges that are not shared with the States, refusal to continue compensating the States for shortfalls in revenues under the goods and services tax regime, record transfers of special dividends from the RBI, and enforced payments of large dividends to the government as owner by profitable public sector units have all been deployed to this end. This also allows for continuing with a light direct tax regime, required to keep both domestic and foreign capital happy, with virtually no taxes on wealth and inheritance.</p><p><strong>Also Read | <a class="also-read-mid-article" href="https://frontline.thehindu.com/columns/economic-perspectives-c-p-chandrasekhar-why-india-is-unable-to-curb-inflation/article67252130.ece">Why India is unable to curb inflation</a></strong></p><p>Third, the <a href="https://frontline.thehindu.com/politics/is-indias-fiscal-federalism-breaking-apart/article67852880.ece" target="_blank" >squeeze on spending</a> at the State level as a result of the concentration of tax revenues in the hands of the Centre has been consciously worsened by capping borrowing by the States, including borrowing by off-budget public sector entities such as the Kerala Infrastructure Investment Fund Board. Most States have been forced to substantially prune their spending. With opposition parties still exercising power in many States, this has a political benefit. It prevents opposition parties at the State level from winning legitimacy and voter support through capital and welfare expenditures. Even when they manage to spend on such projects, to the extent that the cost is shared by the Centre through its centrally sponsored schemes, allocations are increasingly tied to attributing those projects to the Centre and Prime Minister Modi. Undermining the opposition at the State level has been an objective of economic policy.</p><h3 class="sub_head">Economic policy-making: Residual, often distorted</h3><p>With these economic measures being driven by political objectives, actual economic policy-making becomes a residual and often distorted activity. Much is done to present the government as being business- and market-friendly, partly also to neutralise the resentment that special benefits for favoured corporates and business houses generate among the rest. This can take the form of widely distributed largesse. Thus, the production-linked incentive scheme uses subsidies to pay off and persuade foreign and domestic investors to establish capacity or expand in chosen manufacturing sectors, with no indication as to whether and how this will build indigenous technological and production capability.</p><p>Given these drivers of economic policy under successive Modi regimes, it is unlikely that there will be much desire to change as long as the objectives remain the same. So, the question is whether the failure of the communal agenda to deliver adequately and the harm that economic outcomes with regard to prices, employment, and social protection seem to have inflicted will change the objectives of the BJP and its leadership. Moreover, with parties ruling the States now wielding power as coalition partners, there will be pressure to either unwind the centralisation of resources or pay off the partners. But these could imply small changes, leaving the framework of policy relatively untouched. </p><p><i>C.P. Chandrasekhar taught for more than three decades at the Centre for Economic Studies and Planning, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. 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23, 2023." title="The Karnataka tableau at the full dress rehearsal of the Republic Day Parade in New Delhi on January 23, 2023." class=" lazy" width="100%" height="100%"/></a></div><div class="label politics"><a href="https://frontline.thehindu.com/politics/karnataka-politics-dravidian-congress-bjp-jds-minorities-backward-classes-dalits/article68311543.ece">Mandate 2024</a></div><h3 class="title" ><a href=" https://frontline.thehindu.com/politics/karnataka-politics-dravidian-congress-bjp-jds-minorities-backward-classes-dalits/article68311543.ece" title="Updated: August 23, 2024 15:59 IST Published: June 22, 2024 21:15 IST"> Karnataka: The southern outlier </a></h3><div class="by-line"><div class="author-name"><a href="https://frontline.thehindu.com/profile/author/Cynthia-Stephen-19212/" class="person-name lnk">Cynthia Stephen</a></div></div></div></li><li><style> .element .picture.election::after { background-image: url(https://frontline.thehindu.com/static/content/frontline/special/special-election2024-small.svg); } </style><div class="element smaller "><div class="audio picture election"><a href="https://frontline.thehindu.com/politics/punjab-end-of-road-for-shiromani-akali-dal-badal-family-neo-panthic-amritpal-singh-aap-congress-bjp/article68307167.ece" ><img src="https://assetsfl.thehindu.com/theme/images/fl-online/1x1_spacer.png" data-src-template="https://fl-i.thgim.com/public/incoming/68eksd/article68312951.ece/alternates/SQUARE_80/6607_17_9_2021_15_57_58_1_17_09_AKALIDALPROTEST_A.JPG" data-original="https://fl-i.thgim.com/public/incoming/68eksd/article68312951.ece/alternates/SQUARE_80/6607_17_9_2021_15_57_58_1_17_09_AKALIDALPROTEST_A.JPG" data-device-variant="LANDSCAPE~LANDSCAPE~LANDSCAPE~LANDSCAPE" alt="SAD chief Sukhbir Singh Badal leading a protest march against the controversial farm laws, in New Delhi on September 17, 2021. Despite such protests, the party has lost public support and ceded much of its political space to other parties and radical elements." title="SAD chief Sukhbir Singh Badal leading a protest march against the controversial farm laws, in New Delhi on September 17, 2021. Despite such protests, the party has lost public support and ceded much of its political space to other parties and radical elements." class=" lazy" width="100%" height="100%"/></a></div><div class="label politics"><a href="https://frontline.thehindu.com/politics/punjab-end-of-road-for-shiromani-akali-dal-badal-family-neo-panthic-amritpal-singh-aap-congress-bjp/article68307167.ece">Mandate 2024</a></div><h3 class="title" ><a href=" https://frontline.thehindu.com/politics/punjab-end-of-road-for-shiromani-akali-dal-badal-family-neo-panthic-amritpal-singh-aap-congress-bjp/article68307167.ece" title="Updated: August 23, 2024 15:58 IST Published: June 21, 2024 17:54 IST"> Is it the end of the road for the Akali Dal? </a></h3><div class="by-line"><div class="author-name"><a href="https://frontline.thehindu.com/profile/author/Ashutosh--Sharma-17952/" class="person-name lnk">Ashutosh Sharma</a></div></div></div></li><li><style> .element .picture.election::after { background-image: url(https://frontline.thehindu.com/static/content/frontline/special/special-election2024-small.svg); } </style><div class="element smaller "><div class="audio picture election"><a href="https://frontline.thehindu.com/politics/dalit-politics-2024-lok-sabha-election-chandrashekhar-azad-awadhesh-prasad-sanjana-jatav/article68307255.ece" ><img src="https://assetsfl.thehindu.com/theme/images/fl-online/1x1_spacer.png" data-src-template="https://fl-i.thgim.com/public/incoming/a8didh/article68331179.ece/alternates/SQUARE_80/Chandrashekhar%20Azad%20Ravan.jpg" data-original="https://fl-i.thgim.com/public/incoming/a8didh/article68331179.ece/alternates/SQUARE_80/Chandrashekhar%20Azad%20Ravan.jpg" data-device-variant="LANDSCAPE~LANDSCAPE~LANDSCAPE~LANDSCAPE" alt="Chandrashekhar Azad, who won from Nagina despite both the BSP and the SP fielding candidates against him, at the Parliament House during the First Session of the 18th Lok Sabha in New Delhi. " title="Chandrashekhar Azad, who won from Nagina despite both the BSP and the SP fielding candidates against him, at the Parliament House during the First Session of the 18th Lok Sabha in New Delhi. " class=" lazy" width="100%" height="100%"/></a></div><div class="label politics"><a href="https://frontline.thehindu.com/politics/dalit-politics-2024-lok-sabha-election-chandrashekhar-azad-awadhesh-prasad-sanjana-jatav/article68307255.ece">Mandate 2024</a></div><h3 class="title" ><a href=" https://frontline.thehindu.com/politics/dalit-politics-2024-lok-sabha-election-chandrashekhar-azad-awadhesh-prasad-sanjana-jatav/article68307255.ece" title="Updated: August 23, 2024 15:58 IST Published: June 25, 2024 14:36 IST"> The changing face of Dalit politics </a></h3><div class="by-line"><div class="author-name"><a href="https://frontline.thehindu.com/profile/author/Anand-Mishra-20161/" class="person-name lnk">Anand Mishra </a></div></div></div></li><li><style> .element .picture.election::after { background-image: url(https://frontline.thehindu.com/static/content/frontline/special/special-election2024-small.svg); } </style><div class="element smaller "><div class="audio picture election"><a href="https://frontline.thehindu.com/politics/rahul-gandhi-reinvented-himself-in-2024-lok-sabha-election-pappu-gen-z-thirst-trap/article68315876.ece" ><img src="https://assetsfl.thehindu.com/theme/images/fl-online/1x1_spacer.png" data-src-template="https://fl-i.thgim.com/public/incoming/3kx396/article68320379.ece/alternates/SQUARE_80/PTI05_27_2024_000140B.jpg" data-original="https://fl-i.thgim.com/public/incoming/3kx396/article68320379.ece/alternates/SQUARE_80/PTI05_27_2024_000140B.jpg" data-device-variant="LANDSCAPE~LANDSCAPE~LANDSCAPE~LANDSCAPE" alt="Rahul Gandhi campaigning in Patna on May 27. During the election, Rahul holding up a copy of the Constitution became a common sight. " title="Rahul Gandhi campaigning in Patna on May 27. During the election, Rahul holding up a copy of the Constitution became a common sight. " class=" lazy" width="100%" height="100%"/></a></div><div class="label politics"><a href="https://frontline.thehindu.com/politics/rahul-gandhi-reinvented-himself-in-2024-lok-sabha-election-pappu-gen-z-thirst-trap/article68315876.ece">Profile</a></div><h3 class="title" ><a href=" https://frontline.thehindu.com/politics/rahul-gandhi-reinvented-himself-in-2024-lok-sabha-election-pappu-gen-z-thirst-trap/article68315876.ece" title="Updated: August 23, 2024 15:57 IST Published: June 24, 2024 17:08 IST"> Reinventing Rahul Gandhi </a></h3><div class="by-line"><div class="author-name"><a href="https://frontline.thehindu.com/profile/author/Paromita-Vohra-21393/" class="person-name lnk">Paromita Vohra</a></div></div></div></li><li><div class="element smaller "><div class=" picture storyline"><a href="https://frontline.thehindu.com/books/bookshelf-new-books-on-the-shelves-june-28-2024/article68299740.ece" ><img src="https://assetsfl.thehindu.com/theme/images/fl-online/1x1_spacer.png" data-src-template="https://fl-i.thgim.com/public/incoming/yhcpcr/article68440692.ece/alternates/SQUARE_80/bookshelf.jpg" data-original="https://fl-i.thgim.com/public/incoming/yhcpcr/article68440692.ece/alternates/SQUARE_80/bookshelf.jpg" data-device-variant="LANDSCAPE~LANDSCAPE~LANDSCAPE~LANDSCAPE" alt="" class=" lazy" width="100%" height="100%"/></a></div><div class="label books"><a href="https://frontline.thehindu.com/books/bookshelf-new-books-on-the-shelves-june-28-2024/article68299740.ece">Bookshelf</a></div><h3 class="title" ><a href=" https://frontline.thehindu.com/books/bookshelf-new-books-on-the-shelves-june-28-2024/article68299740.ece" title="Updated: July 24, 2024 13:24 IST Published: June 26, 2024 11:00 IST"> New books on the shelves </a></h3><div class="by-line"><div class="author-name"></div></div></div></li><li><style> .element .picture.election::after { background-image: url(https://frontline.thehindu.com/static/content/frontline/special/special-election2024-small.svg); } </style><div class="element smaller "><div class=" picture election"><a href="https://frontline.thehindu.com/politics/tamil-nadu-dravidian-politics-at-a-crossroads-aiadmk-not-dead-yet-bjp-rising-vote-share-dmk-congress-dominant/article68312365.ece" ><img src="https://assetsfl.thehindu.com/theme/images/fl-online/1x1_spacer.png" data-src-template="https://fl-i.thgim.com/public/incoming/23aj7p/article68321283.ece/alternates/SQUARE_80/4871_11_7_2022_15_52_31_1_01_AIADMKCLASH.JPG" data-original="https://fl-i.thgim.com/public/incoming/23aj7p/article68321283.ece/alternates/SQUARE_80/4871_11_7_2022_15_52_31_1_01_AIADMKCLASH.JPG" data-device-variant="LANDSCAPE~LANDSCAPE~LANDSCAPE~LANDSCAPE" alt="The AIADMK headquarters in Chennai. Marred by internal tussles and a lack of strong leaders, the party, which saw seven candidates lose their deposits, needs to urgently set its house in order." title="The AIADMK headquarters in Chennai. Marred by internal tussles and a lack of strong leaders, the party, which saw seven candidates lose their deposits, needs to urgently set its house in order." class=" lazy" width="100%" height="100%"/></a></div><div class="label politics"><a href="https://frontline.thehindu.com/politics/tamil-nadu-dravidian-politics-at-a-crossroads-aiadmk-not-dead-yet-bjp-rising-vote-share-dmk-congress-dominant/article68312365.ece">Mandate 2024</a></div><h3 class="title" ><a href=" https://frontline.thehindu.com/politics/tamil-nadu-dravidian-politics-at-a-crossroads-aiadmk-not-dead-yet-bjp-rising-vote-share-dmk-congress-dominant/article68312365.ece" title="Updated: July 5, 2024 13:32 IST Published: June 24, 2024 18:03 IST"> Dravidian parties at a crossroads </a></h3><div class="by-line"><div class="author-name"><a href="https://frontline.thehindu.com/profile/author/Ilangovan-Rajasekaran-12420/" class="person-name lnk">Ilangovan Rajasekaran </a></div></div></div></li><li><style> .element .picture.election::after { background-image: url(https://frontline.thehindu.com/static/content/frontline/special/special-election2024-small.svg); } </style><div class="element smaller "><div class=" picture election"><a href="https://frontline.thehindu.com/politics/maharashtra-nda-mva-2024-assembly-election-bjp-shiv-sena-ncp-congress-uddhav-thackeray-sharad-pawar/article68299582.ece" ><img src="https://assetsfl.thehindu.com/theme/images/fl-online/1x1_spacer.png" data-src-template="https://fl-i.thgim.com/public/incoming/cuphal/article68315750.ece/alternates/SQUARE_80/maharasthra%20politics.JPEG" data-original="https://fl-i.thgim.com/public/incoming/cuphal/article68315750.ece/alternates/SQUARE_80/maharasthra%20politics.JPEG" data-device-variant="LANDSCAPE~LANDSCAPE~LANDSCAPE~LANDSCAPE" alt="MVA leaders Sharad Pawar and Uddhav Thackeray at a joint press conference in Mumbai on June 15." title="MVA leaders Sharad Pawar and Uddhav Thackeray at a joint press conference in Mumbai on June 15." class=" lazy" width="100%" height="100%"/></a></div><div class="label politics"><a href="https://frontline.thehindu.com/politics/maharashtra-nda-mva-2024-assembly-election-bjp-shiv-sena-ncp-congress-uddhav-thackeray-sharad-pawar/article68299582.ece">Mandate 2024</a></div><h3 class="title" ><a href=" https://frontline.thehindu.com/politics/maharashtra-nda-mva-2024-assembly-election-bjp-shiv-sena-ncp-congress-uddhav-thackeray-sharad-pawar/article68299582.ece" title="Updated: July 5, 2024 13:31 IST Published: June 21, 2024 19:01 IST"> Maharashtra: All sides get ready for a bigger battle </a></h3><div class="by-line"><div class="author-name"><a href="https://frontline.thehindu.com/profile/author/Amey--Tirodkar--19096/" class="person-name lnk">Amey Tirodkar </a></div></div></div></li><li><style> .element .picture.election::after { background-image: url(https://frontline.thehindu.com/static/content/frontline/special/special-election2024-small.svg); } </style><div class="element smaller "><div class=" picture election"><a href="https://frontline.thehindu.com/politics/2024-lok-sabha-election-results-regional-parties-narendra-modi-bjp-nda-india-bloc-congress-opposition/article68316397.ece" ><img src="https://assetsfl.thehindu.com/theme/images/fl-online/1x1_spacer.png" data-src-template="https://fl-i.thgim.com/public/incoming/rhuow5/article68331307.ece/alternates/SQUARE_80/Akhilesh%20Yadav%20chief%20of%20the%20regional%20Samajwadi%20Party%20gestures%20before%20the%20Indian%20National%20Developmental%20Inclusive%20Alliance%20INDIA%20bloc%E2%80%99s%20meeting%20in%20New%20Delhi%20India%20June%205%202024.%20REUTERSAdnan%20Abidi" data-original="https://fl-i.thgim.com/public/incoming/rhuow5/article68331307.ece/alternates/SQUARE_80/Akhilesh%20Yadav%20chief%20of%20the%20regional%20Samajwadi%20Party%20gestures%20before%20the%20Indian%20National%20Developmental%20Inclusive%20Alliance%20INDIA%20bloc%E2%80%99s%20meeting%20in%20New%20Delhi%20India%20June%205%202024.%20REUTERSAdnan%20Abidi" data-device-variant="LANDSCAPE~LANDSCAPE~LANDSCAPE~LANDSCAPE" alt="Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav in New Delhi on June 5. The SP, which won 37 seats in Uttar Pradesh, played a crucial role in halting the BJP juggernaut." title="Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav in New Delhi on June 5. 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