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...
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...
Pew Research: Modi's Popularity Widespread in India
The Pew Research Center, a nonpartisan American think tank based in Washington, D.C., conducted a survey among 2,464 respondents in India from February 21 to March 10, 2017. Its main findings are: Indians are increasingly upbeat about Prime Minister Modi, the economy and India's direction Modi's popularity extends across India...
India Elections 2014 Result
Hopes for maintaining freedom and democracy are shaky in many countries today from Egypt, to Ukraine, to Iraq and Afghanistan. On the other hand the continued success of autocracies such as China has its scholars arguing that they have created a system better than Western democracy. The Economist recently ran...
India business favors political change
India’s Sensex stock market index (comprised of 30 market weighted shares trade on the Bombay Stock Exchange surged 487 points to 21,483 on the day after results from four key state elections poured in last week. The UPA coalition, led by Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh at the federal level...