Sitharaman’s best option to find funds is to recycle public assets, something Australian states have successfully achieved with power grids and other assets.
Efforts to augment Mumbai's drainage to 50 mm an hour is still underway while BMC is yet to fully rejuvenate the Mithi river, the city's natural drainage.
Large financing needs of infrastructure require long-term financial savings of households to increase but they actually show a steep decline in recent years.
Modi govt has spent Rs 19.3 lakh crore in 5 years on infrastructure. To meet the manifesto promise, it would need to spend over 5 times that amount per year.
One has to be incredibly credulous to buy BJP spin masters’ argument that the government got rid of Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar for harmonious relationship with the judiciary.
Modi government had also made numerous efforts to establish peace with Pakistan but has now adopted a different path, militarily, to establish peace, adds defence minister.
As Narendra Modi becomes India’s second-longest consecutively serving Prime Minister, we look at how he compares with Indira Gandhi across four key dimensions.
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