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Thursday, December 23, 2021

India's Big Infrastructure Push

India is on the edge of an energy and infrastructure revolution
https://www.macquarie.com/us/en/perspectives/india-is-on-the-edge-of-an-energy-and-infrastructure-evolution.html
Related:
https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20211102-greening-deserts-india-powers-renewable-ambitions-with-solar-push
https://foreignpolicy.com/2020/10/22/green-india-energy-climate/
https://www.livemint.com/industry/energy/greening-the-deserts-how-india-is-powering-pm-modi-s-solar-ambitions-11635848027517.html
 
How Modi govt is building a new landscape in Old India
https://theprint.in/opinion/how-modi-govt-is-building-a-new-landscape-in-old-india/620968/
You could say it all started with the Vajpayee government’s Golden Quadrilateral highway programme, followed by the Manmohan Singh government planning a green energy push, blueprinting the freight corridors and even conceptualising the first bullet train service. But it is unquestionably the Modi government that has taken the powerful combination of infrastructure investment and welfarism to their current levels of ambition.
 
India's Modi Brings Tap Water to Millions as Supplies Shrink
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/21/world/asia/india-water-modi.html
 
Modi Says India Can’t Afford to Go Slow on New Infrastructure
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-10-13/modi-says-india-can-t-afford-to-go-slow-on-new-infrastructure 

LONG-TERM CHALLENGES:
India’s Stalled Rise: How the State Has Stifled Growth
https://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/india/2021-12-14/indias-stalled-rise