Fifty-six years after the foundation stone for the Sardar Sarovar Dam was laid by then Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru in Narmada district’s Kevadia, the dam, one of India’s biggest, will be finally inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on September 17, which is also his birthday, Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani said. “The Prime Minister will dedicate the Sardar Sarovar project to the nation after opening the 30 gates installed […]

In a first-of-its-kind initiative by a serving prime minister, Narendra Modi will write a book dedicated to the youth, in which he will address core issues like overcoming examination stress, keeping one’s composure and even what to do after the exams are over. Publishers Penguin Random House (PRH) India said the book will be in multiple languages and out in book stores later this year. The book will cover many […]

India launched its ambitious pan-India indirect tax regime, the Goods and Services Tax (GST) at the stroke of midnight hour to bind the country into a regime of “one nation, one tax, one market”. President Pranab Mukherjee and Prime Minister Narendra Modi pressed the button to launch the new indirect tax regime on a digital screen with “GST” emblazoned on it in a golden hue to mark the entry of […]

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who is on a two-day official visit to the US, on Sunday addressed the Indian diaspora near here in Virginia. Here are the top quotes of PM Modi at the event: 1. When India talked of terrorism 20 years back, many in the world said its a law and order problem and didn’t understand it. Now terrorists have explained terrorism to them so we don’t have […]

Dipping deeper into the mindset of the common man who the detests the VIP culture, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday took the concept beyond prohibiting red beacons by coining a new term — EPI (Every Person is Important). In his monthly radio broadcast ‘Mann Ki Baat’, the Prime Minister said: “Our concept of New India is precisely that — in place of VIP, more priority should be accorded to […]

Mocking economists, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said “hard work is more powerful than Harvard” as the latest GDP data shows demonetization did not affect growth rate, rather the figures improved. “On the one hand are those (critics of note ban) who talk of what people at Harvard say and on the other hand is a poor man’s son who through his hard work is trying to improve the economy,” he […]

Shivam Shankar Singh woke last month to an e-mail from an Indian government department. It had a name, address, mobile phone number and bank account with a code for money transfers and investments made in a dairy farm. None of the details were his. The e-mail contained details submitted to a program that collects personal and biometric data, and was meant for someone from the eastern state of Bihar. Singh, […]

The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) of Parliament can call Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the issue of demonetisation if it is not satisfied with the answers given by top finance ministry officials and the RBI governor Urjit Patel. The committee had sent a detailed questionnaire to Patel regarding demonetisation. A PAC meeting on this issue has been called on January 20th, in which Patel, finance secretary Ashok Lavasa and economic […]

Prime Minsiter Narendra Modi has always addressed Indian Diaspora during his foreign tours, appealing and encouraging them to invest in their homeland. Behind the powerful speeches, actions and plans is Vijay Chauthaiwale, who plans how BJP’s foreign policy should be. Chauthaiwale, 53, was chosen by BJP President Amit Shah and since then, he has driven Modi’s efforts to reach roughly 28 million expatriates and people of Indian origin around the […]

‘Ghar mein shaadi hai, paise nahin hai…’ Prime Minister Narendra Modi said at an event in Japan a day after announcing ‘demonetisation.’ So, what happens when there is a wedding at home and there is no money at home? If you are G Janardhan Reddy, you invite thousands of people, spend several crores, publicly display your opulence and laugh at the shaadi-but-no-money joke. And, if you are Jagdeesh Pawar, 50, […]