New Delhi, Dec. 6 -- Last week, the Rajya Sabha convened a short duration discussion on the state of the Indian economy. Predictably, the debate was stormy with Opposition parties censuring the government alleging mismanagement and some even identifying the sharp deceleration in economic growth as the onset of a recession. Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman mounted a typically combative defence of the government's record.
Given the mostly binary nature of the discourse, the nation, once again, missed out on getting an authentic and nuanced understanding of the economy-at the moment the expertise is provided by armchair analysts, several of whom peddle their own agendas.
So, here is an alt view of the reply finance minister Sitharam...