Analysis-Modi’s Popularity Key to Selling cut in Food Aid Ahead of Indian Elections0

• India
• December 29, 2022

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s move to effectively halve food rations to the poor ahead of state polls next year and a general election in 2024 is fiscally sound, but politically much depends on whether the charismatic leader can sell it to voters. Subsidised food and other items are key to winning elections in India,