Tag: Narendra Modi

  • भारत का कैबिनेट फेरबदल-2019 और उससे आगे की तैयारी

    भारतीय प्रधानमंत्री नरेंद्र मोदी द्वारा लोगों को हैरान करने की अद्भुत क्षमता और विरोधियों से एक कदम आगे चलने की रणनीति का 3 सितंबर, 2017 को बेहतरीन नमूना तब देखने को मिला जब उन्होंने अपनी मंत्रिपरिषद में फेरबदल किया। इसमें उन्होंने शानदार प्रदर्शन करने वाले अपने चार राज्य मंत्रियों को…

  • Demonetisation a failure: Really?

    Demonetisation a failure: Really?

    Lazy journalism has resulted in painting an incomplete picture of what demonetisation really means for the Indian economy, writes India Inc. Founder & CEO Manoj Ladwa. There is a large section in the Indian media (and I include the India correspondents of many western agencies and publications in this basket)…

  • Corporate India's governance woes

    Corporate India's governance woes

    Corporate governance needs to be reinforced in India to ensure the most talented managers rise up the corporate ladder, writes India Inc. Founder and CEO Manoj Ladwa. The sudden and dramatic resignation of Vishal Sikka as CEO and Managing Director of Indian IT bellwether Infosys amid allegations and counter-allegations between…

  • The UK is out of step with its closest ally, 70 years after India’s independence

    The UK is out of step with its closest ally, 70 years after India’s independence

    “A tight professional engagement” – those are the blunt terms the India Commerce and Trade Minister Nirmala Sitharaman used to describe the UK’s bond with India after Prime Minister Theresa May took a trade delegation to India on her first official overseas visit last November. That is not to say…

  • India@70 ready for relationships of equals

    India@70 ready for relationships of equals

    As India marks its 70th year of Independence, India Inc. CEO and Founder Manoj Ladwa spells out the contours of what a more proactive UK-India partnership could look like. In the 70 years since independence, the UK’s bilateral relationship with India has undergone many twists and turns, but the biggest…

  • With Rajiv Kumar in charge, Niti Aayog will hopefully get more exciting

    With Rajiv Kumar in charge, Niti Aayog will hopefully get more exciting

    Dr Kumar must build the organisation into a strong and vibrant think tank that advises the government on all facets of policy, writes India Inc. Founder & CEO Manoj Ladwa. I am delighted that my dear friend and a regular columnist in our publications, Dr Rajiv Kumar, has been appointed Deputy Chairman of Niti Aayog,…

  • 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…

  • 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…