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Are Narendra Modi's plans a path out of poverty?

Clip: 1/25/2015 | 6m 26s

Fred de Sam Lazaro reports on India Prime Minster Narendra Modi's pro-business policies.

India Prime Minister Narendra Modi has amassed many supporters in the country who praise his economic vision by creating jobs and improving the country's infrastructure. But staunch critics argue many states, whose residents live below the country's poverty line, are still lacking in education and health care, and that his election has emboldened Hindu extremists. Fred de Sam Lazaro reports.

01/25/2015 | Rating NR

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