Markets
Should the state steer development, or should competition? This axis measures who you trust with the direction of the economy — ownership, prices, trade and hiring.
State-led development
What this end means
Strategic sectors belong in public hands, farmers deserve guaranteed prices, and Indian industry deserves protection while it grows. Markets serve the nation’s plan, not the other way around.
Positions from the quiz
- Expand public ownership — strategic sectors should never be private
- A legal MSP guarantee for major crops, backed by government purchase
- Tariff walls so people buy Indian — every industrial power grew this way
- Keep government permission before big factories can lay workers off
Market-led development
What this end means
Competition builds better than committees. Sell the PSUs, open the sectors, let prices signal and let firms restructure. The state’s job is rules, not running businesses.
Positions from the quiz
- Government exits business entirely — banks and railways included
- Phase MSP out; price guarantees distort what farmers grow
- Move toward near-free trade and full foreign competition
- Scrap layoff permissions; strict severance pay instead
Sitting near the middle
Near zero means sector-by-sector pragmatism — keep the big PSUs, sell the loss-makers, open carefully.
Commonly misread
This is not the Welfare axis wearing a suit. India’s most common profile wants a welfare floor AND private-led growth — the two axes exist separately because millions of voters split them.