Ex-RBI Guv Raghuram Rajan predicts difficult year ahead for Indian economy

Former governor of the Reserve Bank of India Raghuram Rajan, who joined Rahul Gandhi's Bharat Jodo Yatra on Wednesday, said the next year will be difficult for the Indian economy as also for the rest of the world and the country failed to "generate reforms" needed for growth.

He said policies should be formulated keeping in mind the lower middle class which suffered the most due to the coronavirus pandemic. Rajan also pitched for creating a conducive environment for small and medium-scale industries and giving a push to a green revolution in the field of sustainable energy.

The Bharat Jodo Yatra, which