NaMo Ensures Most Productive Parliament Session

Following a landmark election verdict, investors and corporate India had expected to see a faster transition towards banner reforms in governance, processes and factor markets. This progress had been slower than anticipated, despite the government’s strong intent, which was reflected through promulgating ordinances. Contrary to perception, the first half of the ongoing budget session emerged as one the most productive parliament sessions in many years. The Lok Sabha (lower house of parliament, where the government has a majority) passed 14 Bills while the Rajya Sabha cleared 7 and both the Houses passed a set of 7 Bills. The Lok Sabha registered a 123%, productivity while Rajya Sabha too worked for 107% of the scheduled time.

With private sector investment momentum

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Modi Hits Reset Button – Crony Capitalism, Corruption & Real Estate Investments

India’s strongman, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, is likely to engineer three critical resets over the next four years, namely: (1) shift India’s savings landscape away from physical assets towards the formal financial system, (2) disrupt the model of crony capitalism, and (3) redefine India’s subsidy mechanism.

Whilst it is widely believed that the macroeconomic outcomes under the UPA’s ten-year rule have been sub-optimal, the
UPA’s central macro failure has not been around economic growth but around the major upsurge in inflation in India. India’s inflation rate has increased distinctively over the past decade to such an extent that India’s inflation rates no longer move in line with the trends

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Narendra Modi Wrong on Land Ordinance, May Derail Other Bills

The government has promulgated several ordinances, six of which are in force, but all lapse after the first week of April if they are not approved by the parliament. The government has a majority in the lower house but not in the upper house and there is a varying degree of consensus amongst the lawmakers on these ordinances.

At the moment, there are six ordinances in force of which two (Motor vehicles act and Citizenship) will likely be passed as law without much controversy. The other four are contentious to varying degrees. The Insurance ordinance was modeled on the report of a select committee, which had representation from most opposition parties and thus would likely

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NaMo Corruption Free, Governance Needs Improvement, Land Acquisition Bill on Hold

Policy experts in Delhi highlight that the BJP’s loss at the assembly election in Delhi which concluded on 10th February marks Modi’s first electoral defeat ever since he entered active politics and is likely to have a bearing on policy dynamics going forward especially given that a series of critical State elections including Bihar are
scheduled in the next 15 months.

Bureaucrats who have been part of the Corrupt Congress Government and are now working in influential positions with the new Government make the point that the key difference between the old setup and the new one is that senior officials and

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Sonia Gandhi’s Coward Congress Orchestrated AAP Victory to Halt BJP’s Winning Streak

Breaking NewsMedia is Gung Ho about what Mr. Arnab Goswami is Shouting on his News(Noise, Non-Sense) Hour. Mr. Arnab just having a platform cannot mislead the people of India with his own inferences. So then what actually has happened in the Delhi Assembly Elections 2015?

The Indian National Congress led by cowards Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi have been on a losing streak for the past 10 months and this time too they knew their fate and thus decided to

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Housing for all by 2022 – Modi’s Ambitious Plan

India, like most developing and urbanizing nations, faces a large housing shortfall. Although unlike its peers, the economy has grown rapidly over the past two decades, urbanization has not kept pace with the growth. The pace of urbanization has lagged that of its peers, and even today, about 30% of India’s population lives in cities versus an average of 50% globally and over 70% in developing nations. About half of India’s population is expected to reside in cities by 2050, making the density in cities among the highest in the world. The government faces a huge challenge, not only in meeting the housing shortage, but also in planning and facilitating housing for millions who will move to

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