Modi may be good for business and adopt a more Capitalist approach to his economy - but understand, ONLY THE VAISHYA HIGH CASTES ARE ALLOWED TO OWN AND RUN BUSINESSES.
If you are below that caste - economic prosperity is denied you. Heck, just trying to educate Christians in vocational trades meets with massive opposition from Hindu leaders who DO NOT WANT low castes to advance.
When you are born low caste - YOU STAY LOW CASTE - the entirety of Indian Society will ensure that happens. This I have seen, AND experienced firsthand while living in the slums and areas of SE India.
I think the new president may have the moral authority to change that. Theoretically, it’s illegal in India and they actually have “affirmative action” programs for lower castes. But in practice, everybody knows these people are “affirmative action.”
I had a long train ride once with an Indian who told me about his trials and tribulations trying to get a job in the government or university - because many positions were reserved for untouchables or other lower castes. There were not enough of them to go around, so to speak, so every one of them who applied got hired. And one of the reasons for the Indian diaspora is that a lot of jobs that competent higher caste people could have gotten were reserved to the lower castes.
Vocational trades may be a different thing, and there’s probably a lot of opposition simply because you have to think of the castes as giant labor unions...for example, Patels run hotels...and they don’t want anybody cutting in on the action.