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by pkphilip 1824 days ago
The "ground level" ratings that you quote - can you please state your sources? I have given my sources clearly.

FYI, over 230 million people have been pushed into abject poverty in India because of Modi's inept handling of the Covid crisis. People around the world have seen the visuals of bodies floating down rivers, people dying on the streets etc.

https://www.business-standard.com/article/economy-policy/230...

About the quality of life, let me give you some more information:

1. India has dropped in the UN Human Development Index.

https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/india-slips-a-spot...

2. 50% of the manufacturing jobs have been lost in just 5 years https://www.financialexpress.com/economy/make-in-india-half-...

3. India has slipped 26 spots in Economic Freedom index.

https://www.business-standard.com/article/economy-policy/ind...

4. India has slipped to the bottom in Emerging Markets - this is before the second wave hit and the carnage that followed.

https://www.livemint.com/news/india/india-slips-to-bottom-of...

5 India has slipped in the corruption index:

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/india-slips-in-glo...

6. India has dropped in the democracy index rankings

https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/india-slips-two-po...

7. India has slipped 28 places in the WEF Gender Gap index showing rapid deterioration in the overall environment for women in India

https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/news/india-slips-28-pla...

8. India has slipped in the Sustainable Development Goals

https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/india-slips-two-spots-...

9. India has the lowest ranking level in the UN religious freedom index https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/uscirf-downgrades-ind...

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Lots of steps taken in right direction. And lot of major problems ignores too by this government.

But that doesn't change the fact that the approval rating has gone up. So, whatever you have shared doesn't really mean anything in response to the comment I posted.