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Government Bailouts a Moral Hazard, Modi’s Economic Adviser Says

Pedestrians and shoppers walk past stores on a street in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India.
Photographer: Dhiraj Singh/Bloomberg

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Government intervention in the private sector creates a moral hazard, India’s chief economic adviser warned, a statement that could temper expectations of a stimulus for cash-strapped Indian businesses.