On 16 July 2003, PM Atal Bihari Vajpayee addressed the Bengal Chamber of Commerce & Industry on its 150th anniversary in Kolkata, underlining West Bengal’s industrial decline while urging the state govt to create a business-friendly environment.
Despite some serious efforts at easing the environment for doing business, India remains an ‘approvals & permissions’ economy, with the bureaucracy dictating terms to entrepreneurs.
Mamata Banerjee spent decades fighting for Bengalis' right to vote. It would be a tragedy for her legacy if she told those same Bengalis their vote didn't count when it went against her.
While Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha took up issues like unemployment, Trinamool Youth Congress members acknowledged 'Gen Z effect eroded the party’s support base.
Considered the ‘heart of Kolkata’, Rashbehari is a key urban constituency and a traditional TMC stronghold. In the 2021 elections, the TMC defeated the BJP by more than 21,000 votes.
FT notes Mamata Banerjee has ruled the states for 15 years with a ‘mix of identity politics & welfare schemes’, but sluggish economic growth has helped the BJP to make inroads.
Swapan Dasgupta told ThePrint the mafia under the patronage of TMC in West Bengal controls everything, from the Kalighat Temple to real estate transactions and parking.
Having spent a career watching the state respond to public alarm, I know its reflex: raise enforcement numbers, let the metric substitute for the mission. The syndicates keep a different ledger.
Rather than open offices in India, many UK firms are strengthening India teams & partnerships to meet expected demand for advice on international disputes, arbitration & regulatory matters.
In ep 1859 of CutTheClutter, Editor-In-Chief Shekhar Gupta and Editor (Defence & Diplomacy) Snehesh Alex Philip look at DAC approvals, what it means for India's military and next steps.
The Congress party’s abandonment of nationalism is the most intriguing aspect of its post-2014 politics. The real Congress was never a party of bleeding heart pacifists.
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