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    The PM is right, India’s government spending is too high 

    India’s govt revenues/GDP ratio for its level of per capita income is all right; it’s the govt expenditure that is the problem

    Manas Chakravarty
    August 10, 2022 / 10:15 IST
    In the last two years, the government had to support the economy as the pandemic led to much lower levels of private sector activity
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