Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 2 October 2014 is going to launch Swwach Bharat Mission, a move to clean India of all its filth and junk. He has promised a clean India by 2019. While prima facie the promise needs to be applauded, it has also to be appreciated with certain degree of caution. In his enthusiasm and spirit to deliver, the prime minister is launching too many projects, which at times may also work at cross purposes. Its difficult to fanthom how Make in India and Swwach Bharat could go hand-in-hand. While the first is un-Gandhian, the second purely Gandhian. It would be interesting to read how Modi creates synergy between the two divergent ideas. Click here for a detailed analysis  

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has insisted on turning India into a manufacturing hub. This has given an impression that this government would also show concern for strengthening the Indian brands. However contrary to this perception, the Modi government has decided to shut down the once iconic indigenous brand of HMT watches, the nation's time keeper. HMT watches in its heydays touched every Indian home. Thanks to government indifference, this brand was allowed to degenerate in face of competition from brand like Titan from the house of Tata. CRDJ president Sidharth Mishra in an incisive article examines the issue. Click here to read the full article  

As the first business-like session of the 16th Lok Sabha moves into the second month, it would be worthwhile to consider if debate in Parliament has been restored seriousness and dignity it deserves in a democratic nation. During the full course of the 15th Lok Sabha main rivals – the Congress and the Bharatiya Janata Party – could never come out of the perpetual state of political slugfest. For a detailed analysis of what is lacking in the quality of debate in Parliament click here

Let’s face it, the relevance of the military establishment of Pakistan would wane if peace between the two nations was to prevail. Be it I or II, these non-official tracks don’t seem to be going anywhere. Exchange of such citizen delegations, of which veteran journalist Ved Prakash Vaidik was a part, is at best a case of kitty party extending network across the borders. For detailed analysis of the reasons for the failure of Track II diplomacy click here

The tenor of Jaitley’s address was firmly grounded in the party’s traditional support base rather than aimed at winning accolades in the board rooms of the flamboyant chambers and the multi-nationals. The Budget must have raised the cockles of the heart of the traders, the small-time professionals and the owners of small and medium scale enterprises. No wonder the finance minister took care to frame the disinvestment in public sector firms as something that would give ordinary shareholders an opportunity to pick up stakes in firms that are expected to deliver good and safe returns even as the majority control remained with the government. For detailed analysis click here

In a detailed analysis of the annual Budget 2014-15, presented by Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley in the Lok Sabha on 10 July 2014, Centre for Reforms, Development and Justice (CRDJ) president Sidharth Mishra has said that the document reflects the inclusive development -- Sabka Saath Sabka Vikas -- spirit of the Narendra Modi government. In the lead article on the front page of Millennium Post newspaper, Mishra has said, 'the NDA government in its opening budget had to reach out to all such sections of society which reposed faith in it in large numbers. Jaitley managed to achieve this with some dexterity and aplomb.'        Click here for detailed analysis   

Interacting with would be managers, CRDJ president Sidharth Mishra has said that little efforts lead to small wins and they together lead you to greater goals. He was speaking on 27 June 2014 at the prestigious Jaipuria Institute of Management, Noida at the orientation and induction programme of the MBA course 2013-14.

Talking to a very diverse group of students coming from different social and academic backgrounds for a common course, Mr Mishra introduced himself as a story-teller and told them the story of half-a-dozen brave young men from an NGO called Community Development Movement (CFM) doing yeoman service in India’s most backward district of Jhabua in Madhya Pradesh under the a scheme of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR). The effort of these young men in association with their sponsors Gas Authority of India Limited has been able draft the largely tribal population of the district into the national mainstream.

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