Aakar Patel | Modi's 15-point Vikas Yatra: How far has his govt really delivered?
3 years, 6 months ago

Aakar Patel | Modi's 15-point Vikas Yatra: How far has his govt really delivered?

Deccan Chronicle  

The National Democratic Alliance government led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi marked its seventh anniversary at the end of last month. In the World Bank’s report, India has risen from 142 to 63 in “doing business”. It says: “The last seven years of the Modi government have focused on clearing the path of India’s youth as they navigate through opportunities across fields.” The latest Periodic Labour Force Survey conducted by the Narendra Modi government says that youth unemployment in urban India is 23 per cent. The seventh point is called “Mobility for the middle class” and says that “no other government has done more for them as the Modi government”. The Vikas Yatra’s eight point is called “Nari Shakti for New India” The participation of women in India’s labour force is around 10 per cent today, the lowest in history.

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BJP's Win Represents a Kind of Defeat. INDIA's Defeat Looks a Lot Like Victory
6 months, 2 weeks ago

BJP's Win Represents a Kind of Defeat. INDIA's Defeat Looks a Lot Like Victory

The Quint  

Likewise, India now ranks 111th out of 125 countries in the Global Hunger Index, and 159th out of 180 in the World Press Freedom Index. The German foreign ministry has expressed concerns about declining press freedom, while the British government questioned the banning in India of a BBC documentary on Modi’s role in the 2002 anti-Muslim pogrom in Gujarat, where …

Analysis | Nirmala Sitharaman’s interim Budget reveals BJP’s confidence in comeback
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Analysis | Nirmala Sitharaman’s interim Budget reveals BJP’s confidence in comeback

The Hindu  

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman’s Budget speech on Thursday followed the norm of not announcing any new tax proposals as the country gets ready for the Lok Sabha election in a couple of months, but her political messaging was very clear — she asserted that the Modi government would return in July to present a full Budget, on the strength of …

Independence Day 2023: 'India will be among top 3 economies in 5 years', says PM Modi from Red Fort
1 year, 4 months ago

Independence Day 2023: 'India will be among top 3 economies in 5 years', says PM Modi from Red Fort

India TV News  

Independence Day 2023: In his address to the nation from the Red Fort, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that India will be among the top 3 economies in the next five years. 13.5 crore poor people came out of poverty The Prime Minister said that in five years, over 13.5 crore poor people came out of poverty to become part …

DC Edit | Many successes, a few misses as Narendra Modi govt turns 9
1 year, 6 months ago

DC Edit | Many successes, a few misses as Narendra Modi govt turns 9

Deccan Chronicle  

Like a phoenix did Narendra Modi rise; a controversial and successful chief minister from Gujarat who brought his party to power with an absolute majority, ending a decade-long reign of the Congress Party-led UPA. * Ending corruption with DCT: From times when we would be openly frustrated by the truth of a leakage of 85 paisa out of each rupee …

Aakar Patel | Civil liberties & democracy: Why is India's rank so low?
1 year, 8 months ago

Aakar Patel | Civil liberties & democracy: Why is India's rank so low?

Deccan Chronicle  

In 2014 Dr Manmohan Singh had said: “I sincerely believe it will be disastrous for the country to have Narendra Modi as India’s Prime Minister.” Four years later, he said he recognised his words had been harsh but he added that the “time is not far off when the public at large would have the chance to pronounce on the …

Jibe at Rahul Gandhi? Modi says success of India’s democracy hurting some people
1 year, 9 months ago

Jibe at Rahul Gandhi? Modi says success of India’s democracy hurting some people

Live Mint  

In an apparent jibe at Congress leader Rahul Gandhi for his criticism of the state of democracy in India, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has said that some people are hurt by India's democracy and its institutions, which is why they are assaulting it. PM Modi was speaking at India Today Conclave on March 18 when he added that India's economic …

India First | Rahul Gandhi’s frustrations at Cambridge and Narendra Modi’s triumph
1 year, 9 months ago

India First | Rahul Gandhi’s frustrations at Cambridge and Narendra Modi’s triumph

Firstpost  

Rahul Gandhi’s address at the Cambridge University reflected his desperation and frustrations at not being able to do much to oust the Modi government Two contrasting events were witnessed from a political spectrum. One was the victory rally of Prime Minister Narendra Modi after the party’s spectacular victory in Tripura, Nagaland and Meghalaya, and the second was Congress leader Rahul …

Aakar Patel | Why is India’s rank on some global indices not improving?
1 year, 9 months ago

Aakar Patel | Why is India’s rank on some global indices not improving?

Deccan Chronicle  

India’s most reputable news agency, the Press Trust of India, reported last week that “India ranks 42 in 55 countries on International Intellectual Property Index”. Similarly, in The Economist’s Global Liveability Index, two Indian cities made it — Delhi, which fell from 110th to 118th place, and Mumbai, that went down from 115th to 124th. In the World Economic Forum’s …

In 2024 Lok Sabha polls, PM Modi will break all records and NDA will retain power: Maharashtra CM Shinde
1 year, 10 months ago

In 2024 Lok Sabha polls, PM Modi will break all records and NDA will retain power: Maharashtra CM Shinde

The Hindu  

Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde on Friday said that in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will break all records and the National Democratic Alliance will retain power with a thumping majority. Replying to a question on the results of a recent political survey conducted by a media house on the next year's Lok Sabha polls, he …

‘India on path of reform…’: PM Modi at Global Investors Summit 2023| Top quotes
1 year, 11 months ago

‘India on path of reform…’: PM Modi at Global Investors Summit 2023| Top quotes

Hindustan Times  

Prime minister Narendra Modi addressed the 'Invest Madhya Pradesh - Global Investors Summit 2023' via video-conferencing on Wednesday and hailed the country's economic growth, saying that the International Monetary Fund sees India as a 'bright spot' in the global economy. PM Modi at Global Investors Summit 2023 Here are PM Modi's top quotes from his address at the Global Investors …

Gujarat as a model: The Hindu Editorial on why BJP should shift to more empathetic governance
2 years ago

Gujarat as a model: The Hindu Editorial on why BJP should shift to more empathetic governance

The Hindu  

Bhupendra Patel, who on Monday took oath as Gujarat Chief Minister for a second term, is the third person to succeed Narendra Modi in the State. Mr. Patel enjoys the complete confidence of Mr. Modi, whose popularity won the day for the Bharatiya Janata Party in the recent Assembly elections. Gujarat continues to attract investment, with the proactive help of …

Modi govt 8 years: Here's how PM Modi transformed India into a secured nation | Deets Inside
2 years, 6 months ago

Modi govt 8 years: Here's how PM Modi transformed India into a secured nation | Deets Inside

India TV News  

Highlights PM Modi has given top priority to strengthening the nation's security Anti-terror laws have been strengthened, NIA has been given more teeth Indian side is making a lot of infrastructure efforts in forward locations in Eastern Ladakh sector Modi govt 8 years: Since 2014, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has given top priority to strengthening the nation's security. No major …

Modi@8: How India rediscovered itself to take its rightful place in the world
2 years, 7 months ago

Modi@8: How India rediscovered itself to take its rightful place in the world

Firstpost  

Viewed from both domestic as well as diplomatic parameters, the Modi government’s performance in the last eight years has been nothing short of stellar “What India needs is a new electric fire to stir up a fresh vigour in the national veins.” This was Swami Vivekananda’s edict for an awakened and progressive nation, a vision that decades later was fuelled …

Aakar Patel | From Dec 2019 to Dec 2021: A time of trouble, problems grow
3 years ago

Aakar Patel | From Dec 2019 to Dec 2021: A time of trouble, problems grow

Deccan Chronicle  

This month marks the beginning of the time two years ago when the Narendra Modi government lost its way. On December 11, after Union home minister Amit Shah had assured Parliament a day before that a nationwide National Register of Citizens was on its way, the government passed the Citizenship Amendment Act. Four days later, on December 15, the Shaheen …

'When India reforms, world transforms', says PM Modi at UNGA | Top points
3 years, 2 months ago

'When India reforms, world transforms', says PM Modi at UNGA | Top points

India TV News  

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday addressed the 76th session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York. During his address at the UNGA, PM Modi framed the idea of India's power in the context of science, technology, culture, and problem-solving capability at an "unparalleled" scale. AS IT HAPPENED HERE ARE THE TOP POINTS In the last 1.5 years, …

Aakar Patel | India's image in free fall, but govt in denial on real causes
3 years, 9 months ago

Aakar Patel | India's image in free fall, but govt in denial on real causes

Deccan Chronicle  

In 2020, the Narendra Modi government decided to improve India’s standing on various indices that showed a deterioration in governance. A report the next month said the government was “working to improve India’s ranking on 29 global indices, and it wants the message to reach everyone loud and clear”. The way it would do this was “a massive publicity campaign” …

Aakar Patel | Democracy Index: Why India's rank now falling
3 years, 10 months ago

Aakar Patel | Democracy Index: Why India's rank now falling

Deccan Chronicle  

The Economist is a magazine though it refers to itself as a newspaper. This is mainly, the Economist Intelligence Unit says, because “democratic norms have been under pressure since 2015”, and as a result India’s “global ranking slipped from 27th to 53rd as a result of democratic backsliding under the leadership of Narendra Modi”. “However, there are significant weaknesses in …

Aakar Patel | Fragile Index shows India is headed into a scary future
3 years, 11 months ago

Aakar Patel | Fragile Index shows India is headed into a scary future

Deccan Chronicle  

One of the many globally measured indicators in which India has fallen since 2014 is the Fragile States Index. In the detailed chapter on India, the index tells us why it is they think our future is more likely to be shared with these nations rather than with the prosperous and democratic Western countries that we want to be with. …

Why PM Modi is still so popular even as India battles Covid-19
4 years, 2 months ago

Why PM Modi is still so popular even as India battles Covid-19

Live Mint  

India is battling one of the world’s highest coronavirus caseloads, its worst-ever economic slump, shuttered factories, farmer protests and the deadliest border fighting with China in decades. “He is sincerely trying his best to give poor people food and work.” Many other Modi backers also blame others for India’s woes, and there is no shortage of targets: Federal bureaucrats, state …

Aakar Patel | What’s this govt good at, except announcements?
4 years, 4 months ago

Aakar Patel | What’s this govt good at, except announcements?

Deccan Chronicle  

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will lay the foundation stone for the new Ram Mandir in Ayodhya next week. This government’s former chief economic adviser Arvind Subramanian himself has calculated that India is reporting 2.5 per cent higher GDP growth figures than actual ones. The Modi government’s own National Sample Survey showed rural consumption grew at minus 1.5 per cent, meaning …

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