Author: Manojladwa

  • India's grave water crisis: Time to act is now

    India's grave water crisis: Time to act is now

    The Modi government has taken some excellent steps to address a looming disaster but much more needs to be done to address India’s water crisis, writes India Inc. Founder & CEO Manoj Ladwa. This week, I will digress from my usual cheerful note to focus on a grave crisis facing…

  • Finding a voice for a New India

    Finding a voice for a New India

    There is a need to energise Doordarshan (DD) to become the voice of a new India, writes India Inc. founder and CEO Manoj Ladwa. India’s Information & Broadcasting Ministry is, arguably, the most anachronistic symbol of a bygone age in Indian politics, administration and society. A country that justifiably prides…

  • नए भारत की आवाज

    नए भारत की आवाज

    दूरदर्शन (डीडी) को ऊर्जा देने की आवश्यकता है ताकि उसे नए भारत की आवाज बनाया जा सके, बता रहे हैं इंडिया इंक के संस्थापक और सीईओ मनोज लाडवा। भारत का सूचना एवं प्रसारण मंत्रालय शायद भारतीय राजनीति, प्रशासन और समाज में बीते जमाने का सबसे भटका हुआ प्रतीक है। जिस…

  • It's time to recognise the truth – a trade deal with India means concessions on immigration

    It's time to recognise the truth – a trade deal with India means concessions on immigration

    Since 2010, there has been a decline of more than 50 per cent in Indian international students coming to the UK. here is a portrait of Sir Thomas Roe hanging in the Palace of Westminster. Just over four centuries ago, Sir Thomas Roe sought Emperor Jahangir’s blessings to bring British…

  • The Emergence of the “Supercrat”

    The Emergence of the “Supercrat”

    India’s Revenue Secretary, Dr Hasmukh Adhia, embodies the spirit of a new-age bureaucracy, writes India Inc. CEO Manoj Ladwa. Sardar Vallabbhai Patel, independent India’s first Home Minister, famously dubbed the bureaucracy as the “Steel frame of India’. It was, and is, India’s multi-layered bureaucracy that keeps the wheels of the…

  • Can Modi cut the Gordian Knot of NPAs?

    Can Modi cut the Gordian Knot of NPAs?

    The Indian government’s efforts to tackle non-performing assets (NPAs) are central to the growth agenda, writes India Inc. CEO Manoj Ladwa. It could, in times to come, rank as one of the Narendra Modi government’s boldest reform measures—and definitely as the one that exposes his government to the most damaging…

  • Modi’s friendship with Netanyahu brings cheer to Indian farmers

    Modi’s friendship with Netanyahu brings cheer to Indian farmers

    Prime Minister Modi’s historic visit to Israel has set the course for core areas of collaboration between the two countries, writes India Inc. CEO Manoj Ladwa. Historic, as we said last week, is a much misused word these days, but to describe Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s just concluded visit to…

  • The race is on. Let’s make India and the UK a ‘Winning Partnership’

    The race is on. Let’s make India and the UK a ‘Winning Partnership’

    The UK’s ‘transactional’ relationship with India has less value than it once did. We need a transformational relationship fit for the age of radical ideas, writes India Inc. CEO Manoj Ladwa. Timing is everything. As Prime Minister Theresa May and her team opened Brexit negotiations in Brussels, the London launch…