Finance ministry says the proposed revamp will focus on structural reforms, rate rationalisation & ease of living, & will be deliberated upon in the coming weeks.
The project is meant to be a ‘protective shield that will keep expanding’, the PM said. It is on the lines of the ‘Golden Dome’ announced by Trump, it is learnt.
Standing up to America is usually not a personal risk for a leader in India. Any suggestions of foreign pressure unites India behind who they see as leading them in that fight.
Swati – you put in well in terms of Modi’s need for magical realism to surpass his own previous phantasmagoric image. But its not that Modi’s image which is winning a pure game of symbols , but his total control on resources/ media and discourse. In fact, the new Rahul is quite confident and consistent, and the old Rahul image was also partly built by the same money-media complex that Modi actively controls.
Modi was flying in a seaplane because there is going to be a massive structural shift in employment. As automation creeps in and takes away jobs primarily in the manufacturing sector, it is the service industries like tourism that will accomodate human power in India (that aspires to be a superpower). Seaplanes facilitate the success of such a service sector, and showcase possibilities.
Swati – you put in well in terms of Modi’s need for magical realism to surpass his own previous phantasmagoric image. But its not that Modi’s image which is winning a pure game of symbols , but his total control on resources/ media and discourse. In fact, the new Rahul is quite confident and consistent, and the old Rahul image was also partly built by the same money-media complex that Modi actively controls.
Modi was flying in a seaplane because there is going to be a massive structural shift in employment. As automation creeps in and takes away jobs primarily in the manufacturing sector, it is the service industries like tourism that will accomodate human power in India (that aspires to be a superpower). Seaplanes facilitate the success of such a service sector, and showcase possibilities.