Mistakes of Modi The Rhetorical Prime Minister
It is hard to believe that the man whom a nation of 1.3 billion India looked up to for turnaround of the nation’s fortunes four years back is today seen as a man of hollow promises. Narendra Modi, who single handedly broke the jinx of coalition government in India and got a decisive mandate after 30 years will go down the history as a case study of promise over performance.
An open letter to Prime Minister
It is arrogance and not business in your blood Mr Prime Minister Mr Prime Minister! Let me admit, I have never been impressed by your high voltage election campaign and larger than life projection of you as messiah against all the problems that plagued the country. Frankly speaking, in my…
Inflationary challenge not yet over; RBI can cut rates in FY17
It is difficult to cut rates when RBI is conscious of inflationary challenges. India Ratings and Research (Ind-Ra) expects average wholesale price index (WPI) to rise by 2.7% and Consumer price index (CPI) to rise by an average of 4.9% in FY17. Notwithstanding the benign retail and wholesale price forecast…
Safety concerns & compliances not strictly defined for earthquake
Immediately after the earthquake last year a builder sends a group WhatsApp message that says: Our project in Noida is NCR’s 1st and only earthquake resistant structure with seismic zone V compliance approved by IIT Bombay. Possession next month.” It does not go down well in the collective consciousness as an…
Track2Realty releases Best Practices Report of Indian real estate
News Point: At a time when the buzzword in the Indian real estate is the compelling need to adopt the best practices, followed globally, Track2Realty has released first-ever best practices report in the Indian real estate. The report highlights which are the companies that are closer to adopting the best…
Neither basic nor free; Facebook misleads India
Free Basics is a programme by the Facebook initiative internet.org to provide basic Internet services, like search, Wikipedia, health information and weather updates for free to all users. The aforementioned initiative aims to bring basic connectivity by connecting one billion Indians to jobs, education and opportunities online and ultimately a…
Print media & holier than thou journalism
By: Ravi Sinha Track2Media Exclusive More than a decade back while working as Assistant Editor of a monthly newsmagazine I came up with some fancy ideas to revamp the overall look, feel & content of the magazine. While some of the ideas were appreciated by the management, I still remember…
Where is the Indian economy headed?
During an address to the National Convention at New Delhi’s JLN stadium to commemorate Indira Gandhi’s 98th birth anniversary, former Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh said India’s economic policy has lost sense of direction after the Modi Government scrapped the Planning Commission. The Planning Commission, he said, was a “positive…