Business in the firing line

'The government is not given to introspection about its own weaknesses', says the author

The Sangh Parivar in its 21st century avatar appears to have acquired a psychological problem when it comes to Indian business. In 2014, a Make in India extravaganza posited India Inc as the future engine of the country’s economic growth. Over 2020 and 2021, a series of policies invited India Inc to expand exponentially by buying government-owned assets through disinvestment and/or choosing a convoluted route called the National Monetisation Pipeline (NMP). Yet in the space of a month, the ruling party’s minister of commerce and industry and a publication from its mentor organisation Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) launched coruscating attacks