Nirmala Sitharaman Must economist and editorialists have Let's first recognize
Nirmala Sitharaman Must economist and editorialists have Let's first recognize

Readers will forgive me for adding to what is already an avalanche of advice for the finance minister. But I hope to create a product distinction Let's not immediately list and explain x number of measures Nirmala Sitharaman Must economist and editorialists have Let's first recognize the politics, options tactics that may define the Narendra Modi government 's policy priorities. This will -hopefully -and both realism and clarity to any advisory The politics: Modi 's second term starts with a thumping
mandate that came despite, by recent standards, a slumping economy.The implications, a slumping economy. The implications are that the government will repose faith in the winning electoral formula that combined Reasonable good social welfare delivery with brilliant political messaging. This overcame something as potentially significant as slowing incidentally never been a significant issue in any recent national poll Therefore, the welfare apparatus will most likely be even better funded. And any so-called reform that may darken the welfare message with a suggestion of codding the rich will likely be a nonstarter. Suits and boots will as again be told this is not their Sarkar The option: The economy looks bad that 's the expert consensus. And, true there's a raft of bad news. Sub 6%GDP growth in the last quarter of 2018 -19 and sub 7%growth for the full year Company results in 2018-19 last quarter show shrinking profit margins , slowing revenue growth and speaking dept servicing costs FMCG companies have reported stuttering  volume growth Order books are smaller for sectors from infrastructure to autos But pause before  you concluded the government may agree in toto . Take this June 3 tweet from Subash Chandra Garg, secretary department of economic affairs and a key official ''Turn around in demand and financing. Condition beginning Very well. pm manufacturing is at 52.7 Crude is moving towards 60 dollars .govt bond yield has gone below 7% Spread for NBFCs over Govt bond is narrowing Rupee is firmly below 70. Sure signs of coming to high growth Garg, a tweet is an excellent précis of a possible government view -that a slow but steady uptick is already visible and Panic buttons need t to be pressed. There Are non-official analyses roughly  along the same lines For example ,Banjul  Bhandari ,chief India economy HSBC Securities and Capital Markets,India ,in the bank s India Economics Report of may 29 gives three reasons why no big aim is to get GDP growth back of this calendar  year She argues that there S typically a post-verdict bump in economic activity as election  uncertainty fade also the bank liquidity constraint -not enough credit is given -is easing And enough credit being given -is easing . And enough credit being given -is easing And finally. Rbi is likely to be ''supportive of growth for example by reducing the key interest rate, repo One can add to this data points that both wholesale inflation in food as well as urban food inflation are rising .this signal growing demand for a large subset of mass consumption.it also