India’s new government should take a problem-solving approach

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The 2024 election has brought back into focus the need for an ‘inclusive growth story’ with high-quality infrastructure, ample employment opportunities and rising productivity. The mandate suggests that voters ‘mean business,’ as they say, and do not want time lost on trivial issues that are divisive and non-result oriented. What will matter is delivery on ground. The guiding principles will have to be decentralization of authority to local bodies, even as efforts are stepped up for job generation and improved agricultural productivity. Our challenges require the Centre to take a problem-solving approach in multiple fields. Devolve funds to local bodies:...