Special Report
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Devi Shetty: No silver bullet for healthcare in India
What's needed: Overhaul medical education, build more hospitals and develop micro-insurance plans to help India dissociate healthcare from affluence
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Dilip Piramal: Time for more demonstrative action by the govt
There is a strong feeling that the honeymoon is over and that the government has promised more than it can deliver. Far more has to be done to overturn this perception
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CP Gurnani: It's been a year of basking in the global limelight
The right diplomatic moves and promises have been made but converting them into action is now crucial
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Bibek Debroy: Transition to 8.5% growth isn't automatic
It requires reforms. And while the expression 'reforms' is bandied around, it needs to be well-defined
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Ayaz Memon: Choose adventurism over pragmatism, Mr Modi
India needs to make that big leap in sports too as it seeks to become a global superpower. For that, the PM must give it the push it needs
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AM Naik: The govt's big infrastructure push
The government has nurtured the enabling environment to launch large projects. Now, it is time to execute these master plans
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Anupam Mittal: Are we becoming a 'ban ban' republic?
There has been a gap between what the Modi government has promised and delivered in its first year in power
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Adi Godrej: The govt should treat taxpayers as customers, not adversaries
The government must make people more comfortable about investing in India. For that, among other things, it has to fix its tax machinery
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After a year in office, Modi must reset expectations, recalibrate priorities
Nice-to-have schemes like Swachh Bharat cannot take up too much of his time. The PM needs to run a lean, mean, focussed and execution-oriented government. He was elected to do this job—not anything else
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One year of Narendra Modi government: The India Inc verdict
What do top industry leaders think of the Narendra Modi-led government's performance in the past year? The Forbes India-BMR Advisors survey has some answers
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'What are you doing to accelerate growth?' asks P Chidambaram
It has been a year of promises but little implementation, says former Finance Minister P Chidambaram, asking hard questions of the Modi government in a no-holds-barred interview