Superficial versus deep reforms

The UPA government has recently announced certain measures, which Rahul Gandhi considers to be ‘game changers’, the finance minister ‘magic’, and the Prime Minister a reviver of ‘animal spirits’. They are superficial and cosmetic, not the deep reforms that will hurt the vested interests that this government protects. The Kelkar report asking for elimination of administered prices for petroleum products was shelved. Politicians held back price increases for diesel, petrol and kerosene despite rise in crude prices.

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