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Tuesday, October 14, 2025
TopicModi 3.0

Topic: Modi 3.0

How Modi 3.0 isn’t ready for Nilekani’s ‘four unlocks’ to make India an $8 trillion economy

After backing down on the land acquisition bill in the first term and on farm laws in the second, Modi seems to have lost the appetite for reforms in the third.

Critical minerals push continues under Modi 3.0 with customs duty cut, more reforms

The customs duty exemption in Union Budget 2025 is also set to give a leg up to the electric vehicle market and lower the battery cost.

Modi govt’s 100-day celebrations in 2019 and 2024 show a changed focus in governance

While Modi 2.0 went flat out with legislative changes, implementing its political agenda, Modi 3.0 is more focused on schemes and projects and less on its political goals.

Global media on how going is getting ‘tough’ for Modi & if J&K polls will undermine his strongman image

Omar Abdullah being a key rival to the Indian PM in Kashmir also makes international news, as do the demonstrations taking place in Kenya against Adani Group.

Union Budget 2024 highlights: Modi says budget will take villages, poor & farmers on path of prosperity

Budget 2024: Apart from revising income tax rate structure, FM also proposed the abolishment of angel tax for start-ups, and unveiled big sops for Bihar and Andhra Pradesh.

In Modi 3.0, an attempt to align educational qualifications of top IAS officers with their roles

While a senior IAS officer argued that educational qualifications play key role in domain expertise, an ex-finance secy says what secretary-level officers learn on ground matters far more.

In tradeoff between fiscal prudence & boosting economy, budget should focus more on demand & jobs

With a favourable macro-fiscal backdrop, the finance minister can use the additional fiscal space to either hasten the path to consolidation or support the sectors with subdued growth.

The Imperial Prime Ministership is beginning to seem much less Imperial these days

BJP leadership is smart enough to recognise how vindictive CBI arrest of Arvind Kejriwal or Delhi L-G permission to prosecute Arundhati Roy looks. But it doesn’t care. The message is clear: will come after you and will get you somehow.

India’s aviation sector set to boom under Modi 3.0 but ‘emerging duopoly’ could hurt consumers

Sector analysts warn that with Go First expected to remain grounded & SpiceJet struggling, industry is likely to consolidate to just 2-3 player market, hampering competition.

What a ‘weakened Modi’ could mean for businesses & India sweltering in a heatwave

Canadian Sikhs holding a mock trial of Modi to 'hold India accountable' for Nijjar's death & India hurrying to counter China's dominance in cobalt supply chain make global headlines.

On Camera

Inflation no longer dictated by just monsoon, repo rate. Why India needs a trade exposure index

A monthly publication of the Trade Exposure Inflation Index would enable markets, analysts, and the public to observe how much of inflation is actually imported versus how much is domestically generated.

Niti Aayog recommends fully decriminalising 12 offences under new I-T Act to ‘foster more trust’

Recommendations appear in Niti Aayog’s Tax Policy Working Paper Series–II. It says there is a need to shift away from fear-based enforcement to trust-based governance.

India, UK sign £350 mn deal for Martlet. What are these Lightweight Multirole Missiles

In service with the British military since 2019, it is also known as the Martlet missile. Ukrainians have also deployed these missiles against Russian troops.

CJI, IPS, IAS & Homebound: A wake-up call 75 years in the making

Education, reservations, govt jobs are meant to bring equality and dignity. That we are a long way from that is evident in the shoe thrown at the CJI and the suicide of Haryana IPS officer. The film Homebound has a lesson too.