Mumbai Mayor Vishwanath Mahadeshwar Monday dismissed reports about water-logging and traffic snarls in the city, drawing severe criticism from various quarters.
Perhaps the present crisis and trauma can force our country into something resembling that special moment we found in the sixties. Perhaps we can radically alter our business environment.
India’s industrial output growth saw a 10-month low in June, with Index of Industrial Production (IIP) growing by mere 1.5% as against 1.9% in May 2025.
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.
The Mayor is a figurehead. Even his elegant sea facing mansion is now being converted into a memorial. The administration is effectively run by the Municipal Commissioner, assisted by four service colleagues as Additional Municipal Commissioners. Powerful Committees – like Standing – award major contracts. With the state government and the BMC both being controlled by the same parties – which was not the case between 1999 and 2014 – coordination should not be a problem. The BMC has abundant financial resources. If ordinary citizens are not entirely pleased with the product, the Mayor is too ineffectual a personage to blame. Empowering him is even less of a panacea than creating the post of CDS for the armed forces.
The Mayor is a figurehead. Even his elegant sea facing mansion is now being converted into a memorial. The administration is effectively run by the Municipal Commissioner, assisted by four service colleagues as Additional Municipal Commissioners. Powerful Committees – like Standing – award major contracts. With the state government and the BMC both being controlled by the same parties – which was not the case between 1999 and 2014 – coordination should not be a problem. The BMC has abundant financial resources. If ordinary citizens are not entirely pleased with the product, the Mayor is too ineffectual a personage to blame. Empowering him is even less of a panacea than creating the post of CDS for the armed forces.
This is just like NIrmala Sitharaman’s “nothing’s wrong with the economy”