Ashwini Vaishnaw: A Place for the Chip
Union electronics and information technology minister Ashwini Vaishnaw’s entry into the Narendra Modi cabinet within two years of joining politics was seen with scepticism. However, with his background in civil service and business, the tech-savvy minister has emerged as Modi’s Man Friday when it comes to working for India’s semiconductor ambitions
Abdul Haleem Sherif - December 01, 2023
The Nowhere Men & Women: How India Abandoned 14 Crore Citizens on a Policy Paper
The government of India runs the world’s biggest food security scheme, which provides free ration to more than 80 crore people. The scheme has won Prime Minister Narendra Modi accolades. But what if we realise that there are over 14 crore people who have been omitted from the benefit of this scheme because the government has not counted Indian citizens in over a decade? Can its intransigence break the welfare structure of governance?
Rajat Mishra - August 28, 2023
Between Saffron And Green: Modi Man’s Moves In The Market
Every Adani group company is under stress after the Hindenburg Research targeted it, but the story of Gautam Adani’s green businesses is particularly tragic for a man who is a friend and businessman rolled into one
Abhishek Vasudev - March 29, 2023
Incomplete Capitalism Holds India Back: K.V. Subramanian
K.V. Subramanian, India’s executive director at the International Monetary Fund and former chief economic adviser to the Central government, minces no words while pointing to flaws in the economic policy of pre-Narendra Modi era. However, he is optimistic about India’s growth potential amid the global slowdown and attributes the country’s stability in face of the challenges brought about by Covid-19 to its refusal to imitate others economies. In an interview with Kamalika Ghosh, he recounts the hits and misses of incumbent and earlier governments during India’s economic journey since independence
Kamalika Ghosh - January 30, 2023
Indian Economy’s Double Digit Chase For Growth
Past prime ministers have tried to take the Indian GDP growth past 6–7% range but failed. Modi’s pitch for making India rich by 2047 is fraught with old and new dangers
Neeraj Thakur - January 29, 2023
When Tower Of Xi Dwarfed Modi In The US
Years before India and the US became ‘friends’, there was a time when the oldest and the largest democracies of the world did not see eye to eye. Seema Sirohi draws from her 30 years of experience as a journalist reporting on India-US ties to chart the journey of the two nations from divergence to convergence. Narendra Modi wanted to draw upon these ties to build a name for himself and business for India, but the corporate America was enchanted by the Chinese premier
January 30, 2023
The Indian Way Of Regulating Big Tech
India wants to overhaul the mechanism through which it governs the fast-evolving tech sector and reams of data government initiatives and private sector produce. With Prime Minister Modi’s desire to imprint his muscular persona on it, the balancing act lies in its details
Kamalika Ghosh - December 31, 2022
S. Jaishankar: Modi’s Sure-Footed Negotiator For The World
The foreign minister has been the fort wall defending the country’s foreign policies, most recently on the Russia-Ukraine war. He has been lauded for projecting India as a confident and unapologetic player in international politics
Seema Guha - November 29, 2022
Develop
Whether India focuses on the manufacturing or services sector does not matter. The only thing that will in the coming years is whether an Indian’s average income is two to three times the global average
Suchetana Ray - October 31, 2022
Where There’s A Wheel, There’s A Way
Drawing from her unpleasant personal experiences, disability activist Virali Modi is adamant that she will do everything in her power to make travel easy for the disabled
Vinita Bhatia - September 28, 2022