TAG: Narendra Modi
Why microeconomics and implementation matters: Policy lessons from PM Modi’s approach on development
In a standard course in Economics, growth and development are typically taught from a macroeconomics perspective. At the same time, microeconomics focuses on individuals' choices, whether as consumers or producers. As a result of this dichotomy, when expe...
6 months ago
What China’s jibe about Elon Musk’s pivot to India reveals
Like much of the world, Elon Musk has decided that he too will 'make in India'.We may not have known of Musk’s tilt towards Bharat but for his rather public declaration on ‘X’ which is of course a platform he owns.While Musk has let it be known that he wi...
5 months ago
Modi’s 100-day agenda includes $1.2 bn plan for new cities
Indian government officials are discussing proposals to subsidize interest on home loans, create new urban centers and reduce bankruptcy delays as part of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s 100-day agenda if he returns to office, people familiar with the matt...
5 months ago
10 years on, rural India takes the lead in Jan Dhan accounts; more rural accounts opened post Covid
Government’s flagship scheme Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana has hit near saturation across states with over 530 million accounts being opened over the last decade, but a Moneycontrol analysis shows that the account creation has kept pace in rural areas po...
1 month ago
India-Singapore Trade Ties: Boosting economic relations amid regional challenges and changing global landscape
By Anisree Suresh The 2nd edition of the India-Singapore Ministerial Roundtable (ISMR) was held in Singapore on August 26, focusing on trade and economic cooperation between the two nations, ahead of PM Narendra Modi’s September 4-5 visit. India's delegat...
1 month ago
PM Modi asks automakers to bring global best practices to India, focus on clean mobility
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on September 10 asked the automotive industry to bring global best practices to India, while also working on green and clean mobility.In a written address to the annual convention of the Society of Indian Automobile Manufactur...
1 month ago
PM Modi sets $500-billion target for India’s electronics sector by 2030
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has set a goal to grow the country's electronics sector to $500 billion by the end of the decade.Speaking at the Semicon India 2024 inauguration in Greater Noida, Modi emphasized India’s strengths in areas like semiconductors....
1 month ago
The logic of Modi’s economic reforms
The last ten years under Prime Minister Modi have seen a large number of economic reforms that have made India the fastest growing major economy and brought it to the threshold of becoming the world’s third largest economy. While many articles have been w...
4 weeks ago
Swachh Bharat turns 10: How the cleanliness drive has changed India and the road ahead
Swachh Bharat has turned 10. The success of the flagship clean India mission can be gauged from the fact that all Indian villages have turned free of open defecation from a meagre 37 percent when it was launched in 2014.A recent study published in scienti...
2 weeks ago
There is confidence about India amidst growing regional conflict, says PM Narendra Modi
In the wake of expanding middle eastern conflict, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on October 4 stressed on the importance of India even as world is ravaged by geopolitical uncertainties.“Two regions, which are important from an energy security perspective, a...
1 week ago