Can he really sustain his newly-won credibility? Subsidised power and free water! Can this one more version of freebies last for sometime at least? Yes, this is not the time to ask such questions. No one would care for the same! Such is the flavour of the season politics. Even the great Modi, the otherwise…
Category: Economics
Modi has to win the liberal and enlightened public opinion!
If he is to win credibility for his slogan-type ideas! Why are the intellectuals, liberal elite, silent? Where are we with Modi slogans? Development, governance, make in India, clean India etc Fine, why are the Westernised elite within the BJP itself are intriguingly silent? It is now more than six months with Modi in position…
Narendra Modi’s twin development targets
Economic development and sanitation Both are of course very critical Bureaucracy in India is a peculiar animal! Prime Minister Mr.Narendra Modi has highlighted the twin goals of his government. One, faster economic development. The other is sanitation, a clean India. He has also mentioned other goals like make in India. But then there are other…
A new alternative political front in the making!
Janata Parivar takes on the Modi government! The six-party front could become the new catalyst! India needs two broad fronts, one Centre-Right and Centre-Left! That will strengthen the democratic system and also help to clean up the current distortions! Also, the new Supreme Court judgement to undo the caste-based census would ensure the modern, secular…
Supreme Court cancels already allotted 214 coal blocks!
What are the practical alternatives? On-going power projects to suffer? This is done after ?an earlier judgement that allied the coal allocations arbitrary and illegal. Now, the apex court followed it with the natural consequence of declaring the major allocations as unsustainable and the court also imposed fines of Rs.295 per metric ton of coal…
India wants a strong multilateral trading system.
What is the WTO trade-facilitation talks about? Why the new Modi government minister Nirmala Seetharaman has said that the Bali agreement won’t be ratified by India? You see the new move by the new government is called a strategic mistake by a section of the Indian opinion and media as well. Why? The WTO is…
UPA 2’s last Budget is trust-worthy?
Not many to believe what the Finance Minister claims! The Finance Minister Mr. P.Chidambaramis supposed to be the brainy minister in the Cabinet. But is he trust-worthy? Do the fellow politicians take him seriously? There are now so many, politicians and others, investors, not to speak of the public who take his claims on what …
Asian economies are poised for a new dawn of wealth and prosperity?
Yes, says the latest HSBC report a PTI despatch says. The financial wealth in the Asian region is likely to overtake the American wealth, says this report. Being a high profile HSBC report there is much attention being given. An estimated 80 trillion dollar, more than tripled since 2001 and if the current trend persists…