比如，印度的联邦制度对改革的阻碍作用远远大于莫迪的预计，邦政府对新的统一销售税和土地改革怨声载道，而这两项措施都是让印度构建以世界级基础设施为基础的统一的内部市场的关键。
India’s federal system, for example, has proved to be a much bigger roadblock to reform than Modi anticipated, with state governments balking at measures like a new unified sales tax and land reform – both crucial to enable India to build a unified internal market underpinned by world-class infrastructure.