NDA's Bermuda Triangle

The government has to generate a huge amount of employment without giving an upward push to inflation, while keeping subsistence spending intact

Here’s a question for all those who are asking the government to spend even more than it is: Can inflation, the deadliest political foe, be avoided when almost all current efforts are more for ensuring subsistence than the revival of consumption demand for manufactured products?

The government, it should be noted, is giving free food grains to about 800 million people. Over the last year, it has also provided free cooking gas for 80 million families for several months, and cash directly to over 400 million people. This is just for subsistence.

Simultaneously, it is virtually handing out money to MSMEs through