By Badri Narayan

The neoliberal economy has changed the nature of the State and market drastically. In this era, both need to be closer to the public for their own good. The State needs to engage with the public for delivering development and acquiring legitimacy on that yardstick, while the market needs to do so for evolving a vibrant consumer space . Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ascent in 2014 made the Indian State more impressive and ambitious in terms of delivering development and deepening democracy. It tried to reorient the State to being relatively more sensitive towards the people in this regard. With the transformation of the State and markets, the role of knowledge becomes crucial because both need to research the people and society to forge coherent linkages. In this co

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