Modi’s Mastery of the Message to Be Tested as India Enters 2017
- ‘Patriotic sacrifice’ collides with economic pain in new year
- Modi must retain public support before crucial state elections
Cashing In on India's Cash Crisis
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi will go into 2017 watchful but unbowed.
In what will be a busy year of state elections, economists are slashing India’s growth forecasts because Modi’s unprecedented cash clampdown is denting demand. The experiment has missed its first marker of success and the almost-daily regulatory flip flops are enraging citizens.