India has once again lived up to reputation of using a crisis to unleash difficult reforms. Nirmala Sitharaman has introduced bold reforms in holy cow sectors like agriculture and defence.
Without my phone, I wasn't thinking about capturing some beautiful textiles for my ‘inspiration gallery’. I was fully present, taking in the colours and patterns on display.
SEBI probe concluded that purported loans and fund transfers were paid back in full and did not amount to deceptive market practices or unreported related party transactions.
This is the first major attack on central security forces since last November, when a CRPF jawan was killed and four were injured in an ambush in Jiribam on Manipur-Assam border.
Many really smart people now share the position that playing cricket with Pakistan is politically, strategically and morally wrong. It is just a poor appreciation of competitive sport.
POLITICIANS are crazy set of guys and dolls. They reflect all that is inhuman, all the deficiencies that 21st century evolution regrets having as baggage carry overs. But what to do? We are not in the grips of self actualization but basic needs like physiological, social and power compulsions. We are in this matrix. We cannot see beyond at this stag of our evolution.
And in India the politicians are more risk conscious cowards too because the Indian Masnad is a powerful EGO incentive.
Modi is no exception. He is human, not a Winston Churchill. He does not know but his ‘hilariously serious’ TV shows are worth a Bachaan for me.
Let us see what happens-at least those of us who survive beyond next 3 – 5 years here.
Thank God for the crisis then, perhaps. Imagine no covid 19, no crisis: what was Nirmala Sitharaman’s budget. A damp squib. Post-covid -economic- package she towers over the likes of Chidambaram, Jaswant, Yashwant, Shourie, Jaitley and even perhaps the redoubtable Man Mohan.
No matter. Let’s say a big thank you to the lady. Citizens must thank their leaders if they do good, even under duress.
Now we come to the tough part. Translating all the good intentions into reality. If demonetization is anything to go by Modiji you will loose 2024 for sure if this package goes the same way. So this time hunker down, plan well and deep, see the implementation happens really and all intended benefits accrue to the intended. Animal spirits in the rural side specially do actually get unleashed. Heads should be made to roll if they interfere. Let the administration work freely. Punish any failure. If you and the administration under you succeed you shall count as the greatest Indian PM very likely. If you fail you shall be another unlamented PM ever afterward.
This gives the government of the day a free pass. When two crore jobs a year were promised, a doubling of farmers’s incomes in five years, everyone understood that required a change of direction. MGMG in a poor country was shorthand for economic reforms to the extent this can be spelt out in an election campaign. Six years have idled by. Make in India has been repackaged as Aatma Nirbharta, which I struggle to understand as much as the South Indian columnist does. If people can be put through agony like Demonetisation, now this Great Trek home, the political costs of economy wide structural reforms, thoughtfully designed and spaced out in order that they do not cause undue disruption, would have been manageable.
“If people can be put through agony like Demonetisation, now this Great Trek home,” then only they are to blame! As Markandey Katju has said in his recent column, 90% of thee same people would vote for Modi and his candidates government! He writes: “Lies don’t matter to Indian voters. When it comes to voting, most (probably 90 per cent) people in India vote on the basis of caste and religion. They do not see whether the candidate is good or bad, educated or uneducated, or whether s/he has any criminal antecedents (a large number of MPs and MLAs have criminal backgrounds). And the voters certainly do not consider whether the candidate, or the leader of the party s/he belongs to, is a liar. All that India’s 90 per cent voters see is which caste/religion the party represents.” And New York Times in its recent column has also said that, “Recent opinion polls show that in the past few months Mr. Modi’s already high approval ratings have soared even higher, touching 80, even 90 percent. Unlike two of the populist leaders to whom he is often compared, President Trump and President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia, Mr. Modi seems to be thriving in this crisis.” So it is obvious people like what Modi is doing, the Demonetisation, now this Great Trek home” notwithstanding!
Lies, sufferings etc seldom matters so long the boss appeals to the basic instincts of the voters.
In first tranche the FM announced allocation of 2.8 L crore to tourism. Isn’t it good enough?
POLITICIANS are crazy set of guys and dolls. They reflect all that is inhuman, all the deficiencies that 21st century evolution regrets having as baggage carry overs. But what to do? We are not in the grips of self actualization but basic needs like physiological, social and power compulsions. We are in this matrix. We cannot see beyond at this stag of our evolution.
And in India the politicians are more risk conscious cowards too because the Indian Masnad is a powerful EGO incentive.
Modi is no exception. He is human, not a Winston Churchill. He does not know but his ‘hilariously serious’ TV shows are worth a Bachaan for me.
Let us see what happens-at least those of us who survive beyond next 3 – 5 years here.
Thank God for the crisis then, perhaps. Imagine no covid 19, no crisis: what was Nirmala Sitharaman’s budget. A damp squib. Post-covid -economic- package she towers over the likes of Chidambaram, Jaswant, Yashwant, Shourie, Jaitley and even perhaps the redoubtable Man Mohan.
No matter. Let’s say a big thank you to the lady. Citizens must thank their leaders if they do good, even under duress.
Now we come to the tough part. Translating all the good intentions into reality. If demonetization is anything to go by Modiji you will loose 2024 for sure if this package goes the same way. So this time hunker down, plan well and deep, see the implementation happens really and all intended benefits accrue to the intended. Animal spirits in the rural side specially do actually get unleashed. Heads should be made to roll if they interfere. Let the administration work freely. Punish any failure. If you and the administration under you succeed you shall count as the greatest Indian PM very likely. If you fail you shall be another unlamented PM ever afterward.
Yes at last. This is the time to go for Big-Bang Reforms. Very good analysis & reflects a positive outlook.
Thanks
Nagesh Rao
This gives the government of the day a free pass. When two crore jobs a year were promised, a doubling of farmers’s incomes in five years, everyone understood that required a change of direction. MGMG in a poor country was shorthand for economic reforms to the extent this can be spelt out in an election campaign. Six years have idled by. Make in India has been repackaged as Aatma Nirbharta, which I struggle to understand as much as the South Indian columnist does. If people can be put through agony like Demonetisation, now this Great Trek home, the political costs of economy wide structural reforms, thoughtfully designed and spaced out in order that they do not cause undue disruption, would have been manageable.
“If people can be put through agony like Demonetisation, now this Great Trek home,” then only they are to blame! As Markandey Katju has said in his recent column, 90% of thee same people would vote for Modi and his candidates government! He writes: “Lies don’t matter to Indian voters. When it comes to voting, most (probably 90 per cent) people in India vote on the basis of caste and religion. They do not see whether the candidate is good or bad, educated or uneducated, or whether s/he has any criminal antecedents (a large number of MPs and MLAs have criminal backgrounds). And the voters certainly do not consider whether the candidate, or the leader of the party s/he belongs to, is a liar. All that India’s 90 per cent voters see is which caste/religion the party represents.” And New York Times in its recent column has also said that, “Recent opinion polls show that in the past few months Mr. Modi’s already high approval ratings have soared even higher, touching 80, even 90 percent. Unlike two of the populist leaders to whom he is often compared, President Trump and President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia, Mr. Modi seems to be thriving in this crisis.” So it is obvious people like what Modi is doing, the Demonetisation, now this Great Trek home” notwithstanding!
Lies, sufferings etc seldom matters so long the boss appeals to the basic instincts of the voters.