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By utilizing common concepts of comparative politics, Mitra emphasizes the policy process, with a concentration on anti-poverty measures, liberalization of the economy, its relationship with the United States and China, and the introduction of industrialization to India and how it responds as it enters into the mainstream of the global economy.

Going through Mitra’s (2009: 31) account of the political institutions and policy process in India, I cite the following sentences as containing Mitra’s thesis of the Indian state model and the model of the Indian party system: (1) At independence in 1947, India “adopted the model of British Parliamentary Democracy” (31), which describes the interdependent relationship between the executive, legislative and the military agencies – all working within the framework of a parliamentary system.

(2)  While subtly expressed, it is quite clear that the model of the Indian party system is described as “factions - short-term alliances of individuals and groups that come together opportunistically to cash in their numerical strength in the ballot box” (Mitra, 45).

The top leaders examined carefully how they can effectively integrate the uneven class patterns with the changing economic spectrum of the country, with industrialization setting up at the tipping point of India’s economic, political and social make-up.