Elections 2024 and the policy uncertainty has come at a particularly bad time for the private sector in India, which seemed ready to start investing, Deputy Editor TCA Sharad Raghavan argues in #StandardDeviation.----more----Read full article here: https://theprint.in/opinion/standard-deviation/election-has-come-at-a-time-just-as-private-sector-was-about-to-step-up-investment/2083911/

StandardDeviation: 'Election has come at a time just as private sector was about to step up investment'

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StandardDeviation: 'Election has come at a time just as private sector was about to step up investment'

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