NEW DELHI: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi swept to power five years ago on a business-friendly manifesto that promised to shake up Asia’s third-largest economy and boost employment. As Modi, 68, seeks a second term in India’s almost six-week mega-election beginning on Thursday, AFP looks at how he has delivered on his main economic pledges. Last year a staggering 19 million people applied for 63,000 positions at Indian Railways. Corruption crackdownIn 2014, Modi projected himself as an anti-corruption crusader who would eradicate graft and so-called “black money”. While Modi has been widely credited with ending a culture of crony capitalism throughout government his overall record on corruption is mixed.

Source: Pakistan Today April 07, 2019 06:11 UTC