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A new phase of policymaking emerges with committee-led governance

The government has also succeeded in conveying a message that it is sharply focused on reforms that improve the ease of doing business

Economic policy, governance, Ease of Doing Business
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It was initially feared that the UPS would also face political resistance and would not be able to address the concerns of government employees. But those fears proved to be unfounded | Illustration: Binay Sinha

A K Bhattacharya

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Economic policymakers in the Union government appear to be on a high. The recent notification of the four Labour Codes, passed by Parliament more than five years ago, is perhaps the most immediate reason for coming to such a conclusion. Of course, the gazetting of the much-awaited Labour Codes, subsuming 29 existing labour laws after their simplification and rationalisation, is a reasonable justification for believing that the Narendra Modi government has become a little more reform-friendly than in the past.
 
But the change in the government’s engagement with the economy’s need for reforms is more nuanced than how analysts have
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