How the Modi government wrecked India’s small businesses
The last five years appear to us as a series of 100-meter sprints for India’s small businesses and informal workers, one at a time. Be it for demonetisation, or Goods and Services Tax (GST) or the lockdown, each time the citizens are expected to run and endure what is called momentary hardships, purportedly to achieve what is said to be a “noble goal”. At times it is “ache din” (good days), “Digital India”, “surgical strike on black money”, “15 lakh rupees ($20,015.13) to every citizen”, “Make in India”, “Aatma Nirbhar Bharat”, “five trillion economy”—a carrot that changes every once in a while.
