72 per cent Indians happy with Modi govt: survey

As many as 72 per cent of Indians are satisfied with the performance of Narendra Modi government and 55 per cent feel that the Bharatiya Janata Party regime has been successful in controlling inflation, according to an opinion poll conducted by Hindi news channel News Nation.

However, 45 per cent of the respondents also said Modi government is doing 'less work, more campaign' against 43 per cent who said it is not true.

Only 18 per cent said they were not satisfied its work.

The channel said in a statement that 77 per cent of people said India's reputation globally has "increased" since Modi took over as Prime Minister and 68 per cent of them said their trust in the government has gone up in the last six months since it assumed office.

Over 55 per cent of people said Modi government has successfully tackled inflation against 29 per cent who said it had not.

Thirty seven per cent of those who were surveyed said they agreed with Modi's detractors who see him as a "dictator" while 47 per cent disagreed with the observation.

Respondents picked Home Minister Rajnath Singh, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley and External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj as the "most successful" ministers in that order.