Behind the curve

The authors make a sincere attempt at recounting the Modi government's various economic policy initiatives in these five years

As its title suggests, the book, written jointly by three economists, focuses on recovery, reforms and resilience seen in the Indian economy during the first five years of the Narendra Modi government from 2014 to 2019. Given the fact that the book has been published now when India's growth recovery is in serious doubt, reforms have all but disappeared and the economy's resilience is shaky, the claims and assessment in this book on India's economic prospects would naturally become debatable.

The authors, however, make a sincere attempt at recounting the Modi government's various economic policy initiatives in these five years. In