IMPRI Desk

IMPRI Desk

BJP and Congress Align Closely on Economic Policies, Highlighting Consensus in Indian Politics

The dichotomy between their economic stances is dubious; the difference is in politics and in shaping the social coherence essential for the economy to function.

Social media is awash with spurious claims of the intrinsic merits and contrast between the economic programmes of the Congress and the BJP.

The BJP is pro-growth, the Congress stands for welfare and redistribution. The BJP is pro-market, the Congress is socialist. The BJP makes India more attractive to foreign investors while the Congress will drive investors away.

Redefining Wealth: From Redistribution to Economic Justice

As our learned judges of the Supreme Court debate the meaning and ambit of Article 39(b), which enunciates the directive principle enjoining the state to make sure “that the ownership and control of the material resources of the community are so distributed as best to subserve the common good”, they would do well to bear in mind two things.

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