Sen is right to push basic education, health, and pension provision for those at the bottom of the social ladder, all areas in which Modi’s government has promised much but delivered surprisingly little. At the top, it means greater focus on raising taxes, especially from the wealthy. This does not mean attacking the rich, but it does mean ending the ridiculous situation in which only one percent of Indians pay any income tax at all, and barely 5,000 people do so on earnings above Rs10 million ($155,000).
