Rajiv Kumar is senior fellow at the Center for Policy Research, a New Delhi–based public-policy think tank, and was recently appointed chancellor of the Gokhale Institute of Politics and Economics. Formerly the secretary-general of the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry and director of the Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations, he currently serves on the Central Board of the State Bank of India. His most recent book Exploding Aspirations—Unlocking India’s Future (2014) is a collection of his columns from leading Indian dailies.
October 2014, Volume 25, Issue 4
Modi promised “good days” to aspiring young Indians, and they voted for him in droves. But he is off to a slow start in carrying out the economic reforms necessary to ensure that better days lie ahead.
