David Ben-Gurion appealed to Nehru to help mediate with Egypt in 1963, ‘Your voice, my dear Prime Minister, carries a special weight in the councils of the world,’ he wrote.
For an industry globally classified as hazardous, protections such as health insurance and a provident fund for workers are necessities. In Sivakasi, they remain elusive.
The industry forecasts exports are set to grow 16% in 2025-26, boosted by surplus domestic production and a drive to push into 26 underserved global markets with strong potential.
Indigenisation level will progressively increase up to 60 percent with key sub-assemblies, electronics and mechanical parts being manufactured locally.
It is a brilliant, reasonably priced, and mostly homemade aircraft with a stellar safety record; only two crashes in 24 years since its first flight. But its crash is a moment of introspection.
Undoubtedly Nehru was a good Foreign minister. Unfortunately that doesn’t apply to his role of Prime minister. His neglect of agriculture, primary education, hostility to individual enterprise were catastrophic for India. Added to this his failure to understand the science education and research ecosystem put India behind by decades. Finally his attitude of government knows best and should occupy the commanding height s of the economy, ensured that the Indian economy never reached it’s potential.
Undoubtedly Nehru was a good Foreign minister. Unfortunately that doesn’t apply to his role of Prime minister. His neglect of agriculture, primary education, hostility to individual enterprise were catastrophic for India. Added to this his failure to understand the science education and research ecosystem put India behind by decades. Finally his attitude of government knows best and should occupy the commanding height s of the economy, ensured that the Indian economy never reached it’s potential.