From policy to farce

The ruling United Progressive Alliance, or UPA, is justly castigated for its policy paralysis. Yet the only thing more farcical than its inability to take a decision is what happens when it, for a moment, ceases to be paralysed. Indeed, UPA-II’s policy activity is, in some ways, more worrying for the economy than its paralysis — for it reveals that this government does not understand the scale of what is needed, nor does it possess the follow-through required for good policy-making. 

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