AMERICAN FLAG FLOWN OVER U.S. CAPITOL IN HONOR OF BJP PRESIDENT RAJNATH SINGH

On a day when the BJP President Rajnath Singh was contesting his election from the city of Lucknow for the parliament of India, the American flag was flown over the U.S. Capitol in his honor.

“We are thankful to have the cooperation of friends of India in the U.S. Congress who today honored Mr. Rajnath Singh by flying the American flag on U.S. Capitol. This important symbol recognizes the leadership of Mr. Singh in building the BJP party from strength to strength”, the US India Political Action Committee (USINPAC) said in a statement.

A copy of the press release issued by the office of Congressman Eni F.H. Faleomavaega, Ranking Member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee. The certificate accompanying the flag reads as follows:

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Private Equity Investments in Indian Real Estate Since 2005

Private equity (PE) investments in India started in 2005, and since then over US$14 bn has been invested in India in more than 700 transactions with around 300 developers across 33 cities. Of the money invested, exits of around US$5 bn have happened in the past 3-4 years. Because of issues relating to appreciating risks in the investments and the long-only nature of investments, around one-fifth of the 125 funds active in 2005-07 remain active now.

Developers have matured on their development plans with many restricting themselves to select geographies, understanding their scalability and organizational restrictions. But we believe that real estate being a cyclical and a low-entry-barrier business, volume growth could come only with smart expansion in new

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Why the BJP Elections 2014 Manifesto is Better than Congress ?

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) released its manifesto and the Indian media has blown out of proportion certain things like Uniform Civil Code and Construction of Ram Mandir which are not the Central Theme of the BJP manifesto (Copy of Which is Sent to us by the BJP Manifesto Cell]

The Political Think tanks banking the candidature of the Mass Leader Shri Narendra Modi have roped in several leading Economists from India to give a direction to better address the Cores Issues of Inflation, Job Creation, Balanced Development of Infrastructure, etc. Based on their recommendations here are the key excerpts,

Check inflation by setting up a price stabilisation fund, unbundling the Food Corporation of India, disseminate real-time data to farmers and evolve a single National Agriculture Market.

Promote job creation by developing labour-intensive manufacturing (textile, footwear, electronics assembly etc.), tourism, agriculture,

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BJP-led NDA near Winning line – Opinion Polls Lok Sabha 2014

First phase of the General Elections in India will start from 7th April and will continue till 12th May with results being announced on 16th May. We have seen the final set of opinion polls come out over the past week. The latest opinion polls suggest that BJP continues to be the front runner to form the next govt. The polls suggest two positives for them – BJP has increased its estimated seat tally from 192-210 seats (in the polls 4 weeks ago) to 206-218 seats; (b) More significantly, the NDA (BJP led alliance) has seen its estimated seat share increase from

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How Modi will Transform India as its Prime Minister vs Congress Rahul Gandhi ?

Good governance matters more than policy said Narendra Modi, the prime ministerial candidate of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). The past performance of the NDA government (a BJP-led multi-party alliance), Modi’s performance as the chief minister of Gujarat and his vision as articulated in election speeches, indicate the focus will be on governance, big infrastructure projects and manufacturing.

Roads – The most Basic Infrastructure
The BJP led NDA government of Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee 1999-2004 was credited

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What is Amount of Black Money Corrupt Congress, BJP, etc Spend in 2014 Polls ?

Our discussions with members of the political eco-system in India reveal that each candidate who wishes to contest the General elections in India in 2014 has to provide his / her party a sum of around Rs20 crore on an average the operating cost incurred by a candidate in the process of campaigning. Furthermore, this initial investment is typically a function of the economic well-being of the constituency that the candidate is participating from, as this

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