"Would You Call Government Anti-National?" Raghuram Rajan On RSS Magazine's Barb At Infosys
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Renowned economist Dr Raghuram Rajan spoke to NDTV on a range of issue related to India's economy.
Would the Central government be dubbed anti-national for its alleged poor performance initially on the Covid vaccination front, former RBI governor Dr Raghuram Rajan asked today. He was responding to the attack on Infosys by a weekly affiliated to the RSS for the IT firm's supposed inability to fix some glitches on the tax-filing website.
A number of private sector firms have in recent months faced the ire of individuals in the government or entities close it, the most recent instance being that of Infosys.
"It just strikes me as completely unproductive. Would you accuse the government of being anti-national for not doing a good job on vaccines initially? You say it is a mistake. And people do make mistakes," Dr Rajan said, citing the creaky rollout of the goods and services tax (GST) as an example.
"I don't think the GST rollout has been spectacular. It could have been done better...but learn from those mistakes and don't use it as a club to roll out your own prejudices," he said.
