Big 2021 Takeaway—Art of Implementation, the Narendra Modi Way
News 18As 2021 draws to a close, the year-end retrospectives on India are aplenty. The credit must go to Prime Minister Narendra Modi who has, since he assumed office in 2014, fine-tuned this world-class implementation machinery that now has become a part of the culture. But how has Modi been able to turn around India’s image from being an acknowledged laggard in implementation to one which sets global standards? There are 10 tools—or apps in modern lingo—that Modi has perfected in 20 years of governance—12.5 years as Chief Minister and 7.5 years as Prime Minister—that help him achieve the implementation miracle. Modi’s consistency gets transmitted to the people with the message that if he is talking about a policy or plan, it is a deeply held belief and not for his personal benefit but for the larger societal benefit and hence participation of implementation machinery is that much greater.