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Sunday, September 14, 2025
TopicNarendra Modi government

Topic: Narendra Modi government

MUDRA scheme: What the Modi government failed to do for small businesses

The slowdown in credit to small businesses is yet another example of central planning gone wrong.

How the lack of ‘dharma’ caused the CBI crisis

It started long before Narendra Modi took office.

What we saw was only a trailer of India’s assault on RBI’s autonomy. The worst is yet to come

Letting weak, unreformed banks back into the lending game will be just the start of a steady erosion of the central bank’s disciplining power.

New GDP data shows India is headed for a slowdown

The new GDP data makes it clear that potential growth of the Indian economy is now a lot lower than earlier expected.

On Rafale deal, Supreme Court is not really looking at procurement process

Supreme Court wants to look at government discretion rather than technical issues in Rafale deal.

On M.J. Akbar, Narendra Modi doesn’t have luxury of staying silent

Sushma Swaraj ducking a question on allegations of sexual harassment against M.J. Akbar is problematic for Modi government.

India faces severe shortage of IAS officers despite Modi govt’s recruitment spree

The Modi government has drastically increased intake through UPSC exams but 22% IAS posts still lying vacant.

Jayant Sinha says ‘hydra-headed’ NPA monster Modi government’s biggest challenge

Speaking at Off the Cuff, Sinha says Modi government has put in place drivers of robust growth in future.

Dassault didn’t pick Anil Ambani’s Reliance as Rafale partner: French ex-president

Francois Hollande’s claim could mean trouble for Modi govt which has so far maintained it had no role to play in selection of Reliance Defence.

Modi govt keeps plan B ready to support rupee but in no hurry to implement it

Government is looking at raising funds through NRI bonds if rupee slides further but will junk idea if situation stabilises

On Camera

Jihad against Hindus was declared in newspaper columns: SP Mookerjee on Great Calcutta Killings

On 20 September 1946, Hindu Mahasabha leader Syama Prasad Mookerjee delivered a speech in the Bengal Legislative Assembly condemning the violence during the Great Calcutta Killings. Here's an excerpt from the speech.

What’s behind bond yields’ logic-defying spike? The market’s concern over the future

While bond yields tend to fall amid low inflation & interest rate cuts, market experts say they’ve been rising due to concerns over tax collections, fiscal deficit & potential impact of US tariffs.

Navy gets first Tata-made Spanish 3D surveillance radar for its warships, 19 more to come

It is one of the most advanced long-range air defence and anti-missile radars. It has been acquired under an about USD 145-million deal signed in 2020.

Gen Zs have taken down the Nepal regime. Here’s why this will never happen in India

To be truly functional and durable, even eternal, a state doesn’t just need a leader, a party or an ideology. It needs functional and robust institutions.