In pursuit of populism

Have our policymakers, in pursuit of short-term populism—the holy grail of environment, the politics of distribution imposed on them by a super-cabinet—lost control over all macroeconomic variables? The fisc is already groaning. To add to the burdens, the current Parliament session will also see the introduction of the food security Bill, recently opposed even by Congress-ruled states. But chances are that it will go through since the super-cabinet so desires.

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