For one, the PM and his team see 2018-19 as the ‘Year of Consolidation’. The idea is to sharply channel all energies of the government into a set of limited areas and ensure implementation. The Modi government is well aware that it does not have a good story to tell the Indian electorate on the job-creation front. One is health — officials say they have been given strict instructions to get Ayushmann Bharat kick-started as soon as possible. In a recent interview, minister Ram Vilas Paswan said that the caste dimension of universal schemes for the poor — Ujjwala, Jan Dhan, food distribution at subsidised rates — is often missed.

Source: Hindustan Times April 10, 2018 02:15 UTC