Most Indians stee little progress on key issues over past five years Over the past five years,
When asked whether various challenges facing India have gotten better or worse in the past five years, a time frame that largely encompasses the term of the current Modi government, few Indians voice a positive judgment. Just one-in-five (21%) say job opportunities have gotten better, while 67% think things have gotten worse (including 47% who say much worse). A similar share believes prices of goods and services (19%), corruption (21%) and terrorism (21%) have gotten better.
Meanwhile, 65% say prices have gotten worse, 65% are of the opinion that corruption has worsened (including again 47% who say it is much worse) and 59% think terrorism is worse. (This survey was conducted roughly nine months prior to the Pulwama attack, later claimed by Pakistan-based terrorist group Jaish-e-Mohammad.) Roughly one-in-four think the gap between the rich and the poor has narrowed (27%) and that air quality has gotten better (27%). In both cases, more than half the public thinks these things have gotten worse. And just 28% say communal relations have improved, while 45% say they have gotten worse.
Most Indians stee little progress on key  | issues over past five years  | Over the past five years,  | in India has gotten  | Worse Better  | Communal  | 45%  | 28%  | relations  | Gap between  | 54  | 27  | rich and poor  | Air pollution  | 51  | 27  | Job opportunities 67  | 21  | Corruption 65  | 21  | Terrorism  | 59  | 21  | Prices of goods  | 65  | 19  | and services  | Note: Don "t know and no change responses not shown.  | Source: Spring 2018 Globa Attitudes Survey conducted among  | Indian adults from May 23-July 23, 2018 Q72a-g  | PEW RESEARCH CENTER 