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Tuesday, August 4, 2015

Modi Transforms India

Bloomberg Markets Magazine on Modi’s India
The article notes –
“Even more disruptive to the Indian way of doing business, executives in New Delhi and Mumbai say, he’s shut off much of the personal access for industrial titans to the prime minister’s office. The Economic Times, India’s largest financial newspaper, came to a similar conclusion. It reported in May, after interviewing more than 20 high-ranking executives, bureaucrats, and politicians about Modi, that “big business says access to the upper echelons of government has declined in dramatic fashion.”
A small, but telling, detail: Modi’s government last year cut down on memberships for bureaucrats at the Delhi Golf Club, suggesting their place was in the office, not hobnobbing with the rich.
It’s an approach to the corporate elite in India that’s been more nuanced than many expected; a balancing act that’s probably confused his friends and enemies alike.”

Related:
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-08-04/foxconn-s-gou-to-modi-build-infrastructure-to-win-investment