JAIPUR, INDIA ¨C The reformist government that many Indians and free-market flag-bearers had hoped would emerge after this year¡¯s election isn¡¯t in New Delhi ¡ª at least not yet. It¡¯s a dusty day¡¯s drive to the southwest.
The desert state of Rajasthan, derided as a poverty-stricken laggard, has taken the lead on structural reforms that, their backers argue, could also help Asia¡¯s No. 3 economy as a whole to attract business and employ a fast-growing workforce.
Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje has shaken up labor, land and welfare policies with such verve that Prime Minister Narendra Modi, a party ally, has even poached her chief of staff and put him in charge of the federal Finance Ministry.
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