Lately the pro-Modi govt response to economic criticism from people from the previous UPA government -- besides claims about corruption -- has been to point out higher inflation in the previous era. Here, the former Prime Minister says:

> Rural India is in terrible shape. Our farmers are not receiving adequate prices and rural incomes have declined. The low inflation rate that the Modi government likes to showcase comes at the cost of our farmers and their income, by inflicting misery on over 50 percent of India’s population.

This question -- should inflation be higher to improve rural income -- is a bit beyond my economic knowledge but an interesting counter-argument. Maybe people with a better understanding can weigh in.