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A Force Of The Future

Keeping the Chinese at bay, streamlining and modernising the armed forces, fortifying defence infrastructure and building self-reliance...it has been a long and demanding to-do list

Bold And Brave

Faced with a polycrisis, Narendra Modi pushed through daring reforms to weather the storm. But the challenge is to stay the course

Water Vows

The Jal Jeevan Mission has made a commendable effort in trying to ease India's water woes and get functional tap connections to rural households. Much work remains in other projects

Mixed Signals

The aim to widen the broadcast coverage is commendable, but the ministry has to shed its 'controller' image

A Thinner Canopy

India has set ambitious environmental goals for itself. But achieving them will require more than just conviction

Restoring Balance

The new minister has his work cut out-iron out differences with the judiciary, strengthen judicial infrastructure and help reduce case pendency

Wiring Up the Nation

Speedy building of infrastructure and a push for indigenous production of telecom equipment have remained a key thrust

Reaching for the Stars

The ministry has pushed collaborations, be it private sector in space, PSUs for N-power stations or scientific research

ENSURING WELLNESS

Post-Covid, the health ministry has not rested on its laurels but has actively pursued the priorities that were derailed by the pandemic

Healthy Progress

Ayush remains close to the government's heart as it works towards reform in education and regulation

BHARAT TO THE FORE

When it comes to scheme saturation, work continues apace, but the absence of an implementation model mars all good intentions

FIELDING QUESTIONS

The ministry has had a tough time pushing reform and achieving its aim of improving farmers' incomes

Giving Them Credit

The sector will need some more hand-holding as it strains to recover from the effects of Covid-19 and the Ukraine war

GOING GREEN

It is time to phase out the support to electric vehicle makers as sustainable mobility gathers pace

Coal Comfort

After the scare last year, coal production and supply have stabilised; liberalisation has removed the key bottlenecks

Picking Up Steam

Criticised for electricity woes last summer, the power ministry left nothing to chance this year

The Crude Reality

Cheaper crude oil imports from Russia have been a relief, but India has to step up domestic production

A LONG HAUL

The numbers look promising, but the task to take India into the big league in global shipping remains

FLIGHT CAPTAIN

The ministry has had to play facilitator rather than regulator for an aviation sector hit by inclement conditions

QUIET DOER

Since taking charge of the railways ministry two years ago, Vaishnaw has been busy removing bottlenecks to speed up reforms

HIGH ON HIGHWAYS

Consistency and enduring zeal have been the hallmark of Nitin Gadkari's helmsmanship of the ministry, making it among the best performers

SETTING A NEW COURSE

Having risen to the challenge of switching to online learning during Covid, the ministry is hard focusing on implementing the National Education Policy of 2020

Our Own Global Outlook

Skillful balancing of national interests with the principle of common global good has been the hallmark of Indian foreign policy in the past four years

STEADY AT THE WHEEL

The FM has run a tight ship through Covid and the war in Ukraine, but sluggish disinvestment and inflation remain significant problems

THE SECURITY CORDON

Amit Shah's home ministry has managed to manufacture peace in tough situations, be it Kashmir, Punjab or the Northeast, though Manipur is a reminder of fraught realities

High & Mighty - 10 Officials - Power Wielders

BUREAUCRACY IS THE SOCIAL INSTRUMENT that bridges the gap between legislative purpose and its accomplishment. It is primarily the political executive and the legislature that play the authoritative role in policymaking

High & Mighty - 10 Politicians Leader Board

POLITICS, AS MOST OF its practitioners would have us believe, is a tool for the larger public good. But often it’s a no-holds-barred power game played out without any pretence

Withdrawal Symptoms

In a move reminiscent of the Narendra Modi-led BJP government’s demonetisation exercise in November 2016, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on May 19 said it is planning to withdraw currency notes of Rs 2,000 denomination from circulation, and that the public will be able to exchange these notes or deposit them at banks until September 30

High & Mighty - 10 Global Indians - Worldly People

IN A YEAR WHEN INDIA BECAME OFFICIALLY the most populous nation on the planet ever, it's perhaps less surprising to see so many of our tribe running the show elsewhere in the world. And were the definition of Indian origin' expanded to include akhand Bharat, well, we saw the crowing memes about England, Scotland and London having desis in charge. Hmm...why not Wales, given that they already have an Indian accent? That said, the Indian conquest of the Anglosphere has been in progress for some time now

High & Mighty - 50 Power People

"FOR THINE IS THE KINGDOM,” goes the Lord’s Prayer, “the power, and the glory, forever and ever.” Let’s take one fragment first: the power and the glory. That’s one possible measure of an individual’s accomplishments in life, but it only traces the outer circumference of what is essentially an inner journey. The 50 people on our High & Mighty List were not born on another planet.