After authoring the most emphatic electoral victory by any political party in India since 1984, it is time to get down to real business for the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and its prime minister designate, Narendra Modi.The weeks ahead will see the formation of India’s 16th Lok Sabha (lower house of parliament) and a new government in New Delhi that will obviously be led by the 63-year-old Modi, currently the chief minister of Gujarat State.On its own, the BJP has won as many as 283 members in the 16th Lok Sabha, ensuring that it has a simple majority in the house.BJP and its allies in the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) have a comfortable 337 seats in the lower house of parliament.Clearly, the Indian electorate has delivered a decisive mandate, which puts the onus on the BJP-led alliance to provide a clean administration and inclusive development for a country, which needs to tackle corruption in its political and executive bureaucracy and issues, including inequitable development and rising unemployment among qualified young people. While the International Monetary Fund (IMF) expects India’s economic growth to recover to 5.4% this year from 4.4% in 2013, the double-digit consumer price inflation may remain an important challenge for Asia’s third largest economy. Many economists say India needs to grow at least around 6% annually for many years to ensure equitable and sustainable development and provide decent jobs to millions, graduating from universities across the vast nation. Additionally, billions of dollars need to be pumped into upgrading the creaky infrastructure, which has been India’s bane for many years now. Development has so far been mostly confined to urban centres in India. Modi, who seems to understand this shortcoming, recently said his agenda was purely based on equitable development.This is not to suggest India remains underdeveloped. In fact, India’s GDP is worth $2tn, a four-fold growth since 2004, when it stood at just $500bn. India’s foreign exchange reserves, which was $100bn in 2004 have tripled and currently stands in excess of $300bn.Many analysts believe Modi and his party have secured a thumping majority in the recent polls because Indians by and large have been fed up with political executive’s massive corruption, poor governance and lack of vision. Scandals after scandals have tarnished the image of the United Progressive Alliance-led Congress government headed by the economist-turned politician, Dr Manmohan Singh, who resigned yesterday following his party’s electoral debacle. For this reason, Modi and his team have their work cut out. They need to clean up the administration, kick-start the economy and take development to all corners of the country. The NDA-led government will also have to pursue a policy based on peaceful co-existence and partnership with all its neighbours, including China and Pakistan.