After 30 yrs of liberalisation, Cong demands policy ‘reset'

Congress on Saturday demanded a reset in the economic policies as part of a recalibration after 30 years of liberalisation, while expressing concerns over the state of the economy, ranging from the jobs scenario to growth to inflation. It said the reset should take care of extreme poverty among the bottom 10% of the population, rising inequality, and India’s high rank on global hunger index 2021, which it attributed to the Modi government’s “failures”.

- Subodh Ghildiyal

Udaipur: PChidambaram, steering the party’s review of economic policy stance at Chintan Shivir, said three decades of liberalisation by Congress ushered in growth and lifted 27 crore people out of poverty over 10 years, but global and domestic developments now

May Put Out Welfarist Agenda To Fight Poverty necessitate a reset.

While he did not spell out what the reset could be, Chidambaram’s focus on addressing issues of inequality, poverty, health, nutrition and education outcomes, suggested that Congress may come out with a welfarist stance.