{"id":6315,"date":"2020-08-02T15:15:03","date_gmt":"2020-08-02T09:45:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/vivekkaul.com\/?page_id=6315"},"modified":"2020-08-06T20:49:21","modified_gmt":"2020-08-06T15:19:21","slug":"indias-big-government","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/vivekkaul.com\/books\/indias-big-government\/","title":{"rendered":"India\u2019s Big Government: The Intrusive State &#038; How It&#8217;s Hurting Us"},"content":{"rendered":"<style>#kt-layout-id_88c519-96{margin-bottom:0px;}#kt-layout-id_88c519-96 > .kt-row-column-wrap{align-content:start;}:where(#kt-layout-id_88c519-96 > .kt-row-column-wrap) > .wp-block-kadence-column{justify-content:start;}#kt-layout-id_88c519-96 > .kt-row-column-wrap{column-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-md, 2rem);row-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-md, 2rem);padding-top:var( --global-kb-row-default-top, 25px );padding-bottom:var( --global-kb-row-default-bottom, 25px );padding-top:var(--global-kb-spacing-sm, 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garb of which the government approaches its policy-making and implementation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Whether it\u2019s infrastructure, primary education, agriculture, manufacturing and industry, banking, taxation, employment, labour or welfare, Kaul holds the mirror up to modern Indian governments ever since Independence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And it\u2019s not a pretty image to behold.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He delves deep and covers a lot of ground in making the case for an India that does not deserve the government that it has, an ambitious government with a questionable track record and one which Indians have quietly accepted till date.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But things may be reaching a tipping point now and Kaul convincingly makes the case that the government needs to totally reform itself before it leads India to disaster.India\u2019s Big Government is a must read for anyone who has an interest in India\u2019s and therefore their own, future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Buy it 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