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New Delhi: Critics pan Modi's move to dismantle food agency
2015-02-16 07:09:36| Agriculture - Topix.net
Prime Minister Narendra Modi's ambitious bid to reform India's food security network by dismantling a 51-year-old corporation at the heart of the world's largest public food-distribution programme for the poor is proving to be a big challenge. Criticism is mounting against recommendations by a government panel that he set up to advise on the future of the state-owned Food Corporation of India - from food rights activists, farmers' groups and opposition parties.
Modi's 'Make in India' drive skids on red tape
2014-11-14 00:42:26| Steel - Topix.net
Prime Minister Narendra Modi is seeking to turn India into a global manufacturing hub by curbing red tape. Photo / AP Prime Minister Narendra Modi is seeking to turn India into a global manufacturing hub by curbing red tape.
Modi's Make in India Push to Take on China Faces Red Tape
2014-11-11 06:17:52| Steel - Topix.net
Prime Minister Narendra Modi is seeking to turn India into a global manufacturing hub by curbing red tape. Tell that to Tata Steel Ltd. , which closed one its largest iron-ore mines because of delays over permits.
What Narendra Modi's big American debut means for climate change
2014-09-27 14:25:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
The Week: Next week, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will make his first official visit to the United States since his election in May. Modi will spend two days in Washington, D.C., meeting with President Obama on a wide variety of issues -- and for a refreshing change, climate change is likely to be at the top of the agenda. The U.S.'s relations with India have suffered over the past year. The arrest of an Indian diplomat in New York City and trade-related disputes have been two high-profile tiffs,...
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PM Modis absence at UN climate summit: Has he changed?
2014-09-17 13:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
First Post: With his absence at the UN climate summit, to be attended by 120 heads of nations on 23 September, Prime Minister Narendra Modi would complete a dramatic transformation - from an early pioneer in climate change initiatives to a less enthusiastic national leader. Some even think that he now is a climate sceptic. Its not just his absence at the summit that betrays his possible change of mind, but his remarks at the Sacred Heart University early this month. Climate change? Is this terminology...
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