India can never be corruption-mukt because politicians don't want it so

September 24, 2017 13:46

Earlier this week I spoke at the launch of a book on demonetisation by the economist Ram Gopal Agarwala. While Ram has crticised the implementation of demonetisation he sees merit in its outcome and has risked the wrath of most of his tribe who dont by accusing them of lack of understanding of the world of black money and the informal sector.

He was congratulated for having the courage of his convictions by another speaker, Ram Madhav, national general secretary of the BJP. I didnt feel qualified to argue about the impact of demonetisation on the economy but I did stress the suffering it had inflicted on the small sector.

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