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    329: Managing Inflation: Modi Government’s Biggest Economic Challenge

    Amitendu Palit, Head (Partnerships & Programmes) & Senior Research Fellow, ISAS

    4 June 2014

    Controlling inflation, particularly food prices, is one of the biggest challenges facing the Modi Government in India. Runaway food inflation was a key factor contributing to the electorate's unhappiness with the previous Congress-led government. The new government is expected to deliver decisively in this regard. Its success in taming inflation will be critical in ensuring its long-term sustenance and credibility with the electorate.