India's prime minister is in France, nearly a year after a landslide win before which the Hindu nationalist BJP leader Narendra Modi had promised to put toilets before temples, development before ideology. As they talk nuclear power plants, Rafale fighter jets and more, Modi's hosts will be quietly inquiring about his pledge to cut down on India's crippling red tape. Can its bureaucracy really be reformed?

Produced and prepared by Sara Bertilsson and Haxie Meyers-Belkin

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