56-year-old Shripad Naik started his political journey in 1988 when he became the General Secretary of the Bharatiya Janata Party in the state of Goa. In 2014 Naik was re-elected to the 16th Lok Sabha - the lower house of parliament - for a fourth term. Prime Minister Modi appointed him...
Action Oriented Goyal Adds Commerce to Railways
One of the most action-oriented leaders in the Modi government has now been given charge of the Ministry of Commerce and Industry, in addition to that of the Indian Railways. Born in Mumbai on June 13, 1964, Piyush Goyal is a CPA and holds a degree in Law. Growing up...
Ravi Shankar Prasad: Minister for Law, Communications, Electronics, India, 2019
Ravi Shankar Prasad was born on August 30, 1954 in Patna the capital city of the northern state of Bihar. He has post graduate degrees in Political Science as well as Law. In 1995, Prasad became a member of the National Executive Committee of the Bharatiya Janata Party. Later, he...
Rajnath Singh: Minister for Defense, India, 2019
Born to a farmer’s family in a village in India’s northern state of Uttar Pradesh on July 10, 1951, Rajnath Singh began his career as a professor in Physics. He served as the Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, India’s most populous state and a Cabinet Minister in the Atal Behari...
India's Most Powerful Woman Is Now Finance Minister: Nirmala Sitharaman
One of the fastest rising stars in India's cabinet is its new Finance Minister. She has western experience from her time in the United Kingdom and started out as the top spokesperson for the Prime Minister's party just 13 years ago. For the last two years she was responsible for...
Goldman Sachs Upgrades Outlook on India
With the strong possibility of a re-election for the Modi administration in India’s national elections that begin in April, Goldman Sachs is confident about India’s short-term economic prospects. The firm raised its outlook on India to “overweight” on high foreign fund inflows. Monetary easing by India's central bank, the Reserve...