In the following passage, some of the words have been left out. Read the passage carefully and select the correct answer for the given blank out of the four alternatives.
------------------ various signs of economic slowdown such as languishing industrial production and adverse --------------------of the drought on rural livelihoods and demand, the government is apparently unable----------------- unwilling to increase public spending to --------------people’s material distress or to kick-start economic-------------- to increase employment.
spending to people's material distress