A happy convergence of digital, social and physical infrastructure is spawning a new generation of stakeholders, rewriting India's polity. EPISODE #158
Thought provoking article Anil, especially in an election year. I have mentioned before that the development of a country is directly proportionate to the progress of it's women. Learning about the presence of women dominating this year's Republic Day Parade is proof of the present government, walking the talk. The BJP has identified the power of the Hindu majority and also the inherent force of the woman voter in Indian politics. Fortunately, this is in the larger interest of the country. In the previous election also, the legislation of the triple talaq, won them the support of a significant vote share amongst the Muslim population. Continuing with the same, by empowering deprived women has been a masterstroke and BJP should be able to hold on to a comprehensive win in the forthcoming elections. Thank you Anil for an interesting and enlightening article.
A Happy New Year to you as well. Really missed your newsletter last week and it's great to have you back. Rewiring India is absolutely the correct way of describing the changes the country is witnessing. Be it providing electricity, pure drinking water, housing, toilets, bank accounts or the cooking gas. Each of these affects the lives of the common man and it's something most of us take for granted since we've enjoyed all this for years. To think that the 10th crore beneficiary has got the gas connection is something to be so proud of. These are not just statistics on paper but real people. Like you rightly pointed out, 10 crore connections in a way benefit atleast 40 crore Indians directly or indirectly. Whether this will result in votes or not is something to be seen in the coming months but it surely has improved the standard of living with immediate effect.
Very apt article as elections are round the corner!There has been a rise women's voter turnout, especially in state assembly elections.Women centric welfare schemes like Ladli Behna ensure greater female electoral participation.It nudges the women to become financially more independent and acqire spending freedom in tune with their priorities.
But we can't deny the fact that contribution of unpaid women in India is around 7.5% of the GDP. Women's participation in electoral democracy still has space to increase and play an important role in political decision making.
Anil, you have well covered the journey so far by Modi regimes and rightly posed about the future course of policy actions. Modi must move to some kind of UBI model so that those below certain level of income are enabled to receive a given amount of money every month as Govt merges all subsidies into it. This will be much more efficient way of achieving the same policy goals. We also need to figure out how much we tax as with increasing GDP, we need not tax at the same rates!! We can afford to exempt income tax for income upto say 12 lacs a year. But more importantly, we must fix our poor governance and corruption at various levels starting from Panchayat to Municipality to districts to states to the Centre. If we have to be a developed economy by 2040s, this is absolute must. This is a broad and wide ranging topic and Modi must now invest his time on this for the next 10 years before we can allow him to retire.
Thought provoking article Anil, especially in an election year. I have mentioned before that the development of a country is directly proportionate to the progress of it's women. Learning about the presence of women dominating this year's Republic Day Parade is proof of the present government, walking the talk. The BJP has identified the power of the Hindu majority and also the inherent force of the woman voter in Indian politics. Fortunately, this is in the larger interest of the country. In the previous election also, the legislation of the triple talaq, won them the support of a significant vote share amongst the Muslim population. Continuing with the same, by empowering deprived women has been a masterstroke and BJP should be able to hold on to a comprehensive win in the forthcoming elections. Thank you Anil for an interesting and enlightening article.
Dear Anil
A Happy New Year to you as well. Really missed your newsletter last week and it's great to have you back. Rewiring India is absolutely the correct way of describing the changes the country is witnessing. Be it providing electricity, pure drinking water, housing, toilets, bank accounts or the cooking gas. Each of these affects the lives of the common man and it's something most of us take for granted since we've enjoyed all this for years. To think that the 10th crore beneficiary has got the gas connection is something to be so proud of. These are not just statistics on paper but real people. Like you rightly pointed out, 10 crore connections in a way benefit atleast 40 crore Indians directly or indirectly. Whether this will result in votes or not is something to be seen in the coming months but it surely has improved the standard of living with immediate effect.
Dear Anil,
Very apt article as elections are round the corner!There has been a rise women's voter turnout, especially in state assembly elections.Women centric welfare schemes like Ladli Behna ensure greater female electoral participation.It nudges the women to become financially more independent and acqire spending freedom in tune with their priorities.
But we can't deny the fact that contribution of unpaid women in India is around 7.5% of the GDP. Women's participation in electoral democracy still has space to increase and play an important role in political decision making.
Anil, you have well covered the journey so far by Modi regimes and rightly posed about the future course of policy actions. Modi must move to some kind of UBI model so that those below certain level of income are enabled to receive a given amount of money every month as Govt merges all subsidies into it. This will be much more efficient way of achieving the same policy goals. We also need to figure out how much we tax as with increasing GDP, we need not tax at the same rates!! We can afford to exempt income tax for income upto say 12 lacs a year. But more importantly, we must fix our poor governance and corruption at various levels starting from Panchayat to Municipality to districts to states to the Centre. If we have to be a developed economy by 2040s, this is absolute must. This is a broad and wide ranging topic and Modi must now invest his time on this for the next 10 years before we can allow him to retire.