Narendra Modi at the Inaugural ThinkIndia Dialogue

By Amit Verma

Apr 09, 2013, 11:13 IST2 min

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Modi detailed how government decisions are often driven by political consideration and not efficiency

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Narendra Modi being congratulated by Raghav Bahl after Modi's inaugural address at the ThinkIndia Dialogue

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Raghav Bahl asks Modi about Labour and Agriculture reforms

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Modi answers a query during the question answer session after his address

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Narendra Modi and Raghav Bahl in conversation about "Why India needs less government and more governance."

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"When will we have a common minimum agreement among political parties about critical issues like public health and drinking water etc?" asks M Damodaran, former chief of SEBI (Securities and Exchange Board of India)

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A young entrepreneur asking a question to Narendra Modi during the ThinkIndia Dialogue by Network 18

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Ravi Shankar Prasad, deputy leader of opposition in the Rajya Sabha and Smriti Irani, popular TV star turned politician, also attended the first ever ThinkIndia Dialogue

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Modi's keynote address was followed by a panel discussion on "The Natural Rhythm of Indian Society is Liberal and Right of Centre."

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Dipankar Gupta, former professor at the Jawaharlal Nehru University, shares his views during the panel discussion. Rama Bijapurkar (a leading consultant on consumer behaviour) and R Jagannathan (editor-in-chief of Web and Publishing, Network18) listen attentively

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