The war between Israel/USA vs. Iran in the Middle East has created a natural experiment that can answer the question I asked in the title of this article: What would India be without the help of the Christian West? The Modi government and his supporters do not get tired of bragging about how India is […]
Tag Archives: Narendra Modi
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Jan
Jan
Columbia University professor Arvind Panagaria was recently appointed as the head of the 16th Finance Commission. His job is to give suggestions on the way the financial relations between the central and state governments will work in future. The Wire reports (2024), Arvind Panagariya has been recently appointed as the head of the 16th Finance […]
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Dec
Dec
As I opined in my previous article, the RBI governor Dr. Urjit Patel has today resigned finally after a long tussle with the Narendra Modi government. As I discussed earlier, Modi government is under intense pressure to boost the growth and employment figures in the run-up of its reelection next year. The only way in […]
07
Nov
Nov
The RBI vs. Government battle is intensifying. The Narendra Modi government intends to keep pressing demands for the country’s central bank to relax lending curbs and hand over surplus reserves, amounting to whopping 3.6 lakh crore, even if it risks provoking a resignation by the bank’s governor. After the debacle of demonetization and GST, the […]
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Sep
Sep
The Modi government is embroiled in an alleged corruption case of Rafale Jet deal with the French government. Opposition parties are now gunning for the resignation of prime minster Narendra Modi. They have accused him of personally influencing and altering the deal, which was originally put in place by the former UPA government, to benefit […]
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