Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Wednesday said that containing the violence in parts of the country is one of the major governance challenges for the government. The Finance Minister was responding to queries on the NDA’s prospects in the 2019 general elections and the impact of various Assembly elections on the pace of reforms, at The Economist India Summit in the capital. “I don’t think any of the reforms which we are undertaking are counterproductive in the sense of their appeal to the popular opinion. I think India has become far more aspirational and the advantages of reform and growth also travel to the common person. A lot of schemes we have put in place from crop to health insurance for weaker sections of the society,” he said.

Source: The Hindu September 07, 2016 21:15 UTC