Seven Days Left for Show of Modi Power to Force Change

Following weeks of limited action by Prime Minister Narendra Modi to act on campaign pledges to make India an easier place for business, the government faces a closing window to change a narrative of disappointment.

With seven days left before parliament ends its current session, the administration has the task of demonstrating power to force change by corralling lawmakers behind a bill opening up Indian insurers to 49 percent foreign ownership. The opposition, which first proposed the bill, is blocking it in the upper house, where Modi’s party lacks a majority.