India, Jan. 7 -- There are some policy actions that would normally be given the benefit of the doubt and not be seen ab initio as either a conspiracy to serve an obscure political agenda or consciously designed to make an existing scheme less effective. I would have thought that the Viksit Bharat Guarantee for Rozgar And Ajeevika Mission (Gramin) (VB-G RAM G) is such a policy legislation. In all other democracies with a mature opposition, VB-G RAM G would have received bipartisan support and all state governments, irrespective of their political affiliations, would get on with the job of the effective implementation of the revised scheme. But alas, not so in our country.

Those who see a Right-wing conspiracy in every government action ha...