Modi's 100 days in office

[vgane]

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You can feel, see and experience the sea change in India under the leadership of Modi...From being a dumb doll, Modi has transformed the position of PM as being the decisive voice of the masses and the pulse of the nation...Right from day one he is the numero uno political leader cum administrative head rolled into one compared to the UPA regime where the PMO was reduced to a dummy & the UPA chairperson becoming all powerful and pulling the strings from behind

Modi's focus on administrative efficiency and his no nonsense approach towards corruption has transformed the corridors of power by bringing a fresh whiff of air...The Look East approach towards Japan , Nepal, Bhutan is very positive..Modi is business friendly too...Looks like there is going to be a bounty of investments (USD 33.5 Billion) coming from Japan soon

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[sravna]

There could not have been a better person for India than Modi now. The right person at the right time for India. What I find very attractive in him is he has both character and independence in thinking. He has genuine interest in the progress and well being of the country and definitely not one who would loot the country and let others also loot it.

 

[vgane]

There could not have been a better person for India than Modi now. The right person at the right time for India. What I find very attractive in him is he has both character and independence in thinking. He has genuine interest in the progress and well being of the country and definitely not one who would loot the country and let others also loot it.

Yes! Absolutely true! He is not ashamed of calling himself a Hindu Nationalist! Gifting the Holy book Bhagavad Gita​ to the Emperor of Japan he said that he had “nothing more valuable to give and the world has nothing more valuable to get"..A long long time since we had a PM who was rooted to our illustrious traditions and culture!

 

[sarang]

And in the business meeting he said that his act of giving gita to the emperor will be labeled communal, and tv channels will be analysing it in panel discussions in the evening. And it happened. He is a good judge of media character and is having good fun at their expense.

He is able to relate to any group - politicians, businessmen, students and public.

 

[prasad1]

Sorry to rain on this parade. I know this thread is for Patting yourself in the back and joining in the Kumbayah. It is Praise the GOD almighty or Modi one and the same.

As the government completes 100 days, newspapers are discussing if the "good days" have really arrived in India.


"Has Narendra Modi's campaign promise of "achche din aane waale hain" (Good days are about to come) been realised?" The Times of India asks.


According to a survey conducted by the paper, the verdict has been "mixed but on the whole positive".


In a poll conducted across eight big cities, "45% said the government had delivered as promised, 31% felt it was too early to judge and a relatively small 20%…expressed the view that the promise was overrated or empty".
"The new NDA (National Democratic Alliance) government is as flat an organisation as it gets. There is one leader and that's it," the Mint newspaper says.


"The lack of governance experience also means some ministers are working on the basis of their understanding of what will please the boss - not exactly the best way to go about nation-building," the paper adds.


Vinod Sharma, political editor with the Hindustan Times, points out that ministers have "little elbow room" in the new government dominated by Mr Modi.


"His style is in questions within the party and outside. Ministers having little elbow room to experiment with their own ideas, and the decision making has become centralised in the PMO [Prime Minister's Office], I think this formula cannot work in a huge country like India," Mr Sharma writes.

 

[krish44]

prasadji

modi has concentrated power in PMs office and marginalised the next level of senior ministers

one is busy fighting his battle related to his son ,another is getting treated for obesity and third is totally marginalised as PM modi has taken over her functions as modi is

projecting only himself abroad

this is no way to run a country

PM is supposed to be first among equals in the cabinet form of govt ,he has reduced them to a puppet . ythey have to consult him even for selecting their PA

He is a lot of gas and rhetoric

very little on the ground to show

only stock markets are doing well . I do not know whether we will get another H.Mehta type scam.

handling of education portfolio has sent shivers among liberals, this guru utsav on teachers day is rattling southerners


only industry fellows are a bit comfortable

they might prop him up

also his handling of foreign affairs and kashmir is warming many hearts

economy -only time will tell



high prices coupled with inflation do not present a pretty picture

but it is still early

atleast one year is required to judge a govt.

 

[prasad1]

There are some in this site who are so desperate, that they would welcome the devil himself if he claimed himself to be Hindu, as if that will solve all problems.
In my days of writing application codes we used to say that you can not develop a system for exceptions, but you have to program for every eventuality. Similarly you can not govern for or against a group, you have to govern for the entire country.

 

[prasad1]

The Biju Janata Dal (BJD) maintained that there is hardly any difference between the UPA Government and the Government led by Narendra Modi.


“The 100 days of Modi Government is like UPA-III as there is hardly any difference between the two,” BJD’s newly-appointed spokesman and former minister Rabi Narayan Nanda said.


People had expected that prices will come down after Modi Government comes to power, but there has been further rise in prices, he said and added that the Government has also enhanced train fare.


The Modi Government has neglected the State in General as well as Railway Budgets, he said and added that in the Polavaram project issue Odisha’s interest was neglected.

 

[prasad1]

Mr Modi's critics say his early moves do not hint at a radical departure from the past and that he is hostage to a hand-picked team of bureaucrats who have made the prime minister's office one of the most powerful in recent times. Inflation continues to be steep. Many accuse him of centralising power, there are unconfirmed reports of his office ticking off senior ministers for dressing inappropriately and meeting a business tycoon for lunch. Journalists grumble that access to the government is tightly controlled.


India's trade policy has come under a cloud after Mr Modi's government scuttled a WTO trade facilitation agreement over farm subsidies. Mr Modi's foreign policy also appears to be sending mixed signals: he clearly wants to strengthen neighbourhood ties, but the way his government cancelled talks with Pakistan after a diplomatic row was criticised by many. Pratap Bhanu Mehta who heads the Delhi-based think tank Centre for Policy Research despaired that Mr Modi's government had quickly "descended into an odd combination of trifles, bureaucratic crosshairs, alibis, risk averseness and shadowy politics of stealth".
BBC News - Narendra Modi's first 100 days

 

[prasad1]

Milan Vaishnav, a political scientist at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, a Washington DC-based think tank, says Mr Modi came to power promising to get India's economy on track. To achieve this, he says, the prime minister has to improve the quality of governance and administration in Delhi and pursue smarter economic policies. "He has made strides on the former but disappointed on the latter," he says.


Mr Vaishnav says Mr Modi cannot escape major policy reform if he is to take India to a higher growth path. "Going forward Mr Modi will have to move beyond piecemeal initiatives and outline a broader vision of policy reform. Dithering on reforms or pursuing reform by stealth are both unsatisfying strategies," he says.


Mr Modi has spoken about improved railways, bullet trains, tax reforms, more manufacturing, skill development, improved infrastructure and financial inclusion. In an unusual Independence Day speech, he held up a mirror to India and spoke with remarkable candour about how Indians treat women and lack civic sense, and vowed to end open defecation. India will be hoping that Mr Modi's deeds will match his lofty rhetoric.
BBC News - Narendra Modi's first 100 days

 

[prasad1]

Many say Mr Modi's promises about cracking down on corruption and venality began to look disingenuous when he decided to name a controversial party colleague accused of murder the head of his Bharatiya Janata Party. For a leader who has spoken of promoting unity in a vastly diverse country, Mr Modi has not admonished fire-breathing party leaders accused of stoking religious tensions with alleged hate speeches.


Also, as most believe, unless India's ragged criminal justice system is repaired, its jaded institutions rejuvenated and made truly free and social stability ensured, tinkering with economic reforms and giving stentorian pep talks alone will not help.


Mr Modi has his work cut out for him.

 

[prasad1]

The idea of 100 days in office possibly dates back to US Democrat President Franklin Delano Roosevelt (FDR), who took charge in the midst of Great Depression and pushed through 15 key pieces of legislation to tackle unemployment and a broken financial system.


The flurry of law making - which Mr Roosevelt discovered later had taken him exactly 100 days - formed the basis of the New Deal, which led his country out of the downturn. There have been books written on FDR and Barack Obama's 100 days in office.


Many democratically elected governments around the world give out 100-day promises and report cards. Most recently, in March, Italy's new Prime Minister Matteo Renzi promised to "change the nation" in just 100 days.


Yet, the blinding media spotlight on Prime Minister Narendra Modi's first 100 days in office appears at once to be both unprecedented and understandable.
BBC News - Narendra Modi's first 100 days

 

[prasad1]

It is unfair to judge a new government and a new leader in just 100 days. It is silly to assess the changing mood of the nation or the state of the polity so soon after a landmark electoral verdict. Yet, there is something we can do. We can notice a pattern in the priorities of the government, see the direction of the new regime, say something about the style of the new leader and make an intelligent guess about future politics.


Going by this, the first 100 days of the Narendra Modi government offer more worries than hope. Compared to the United Progressive Alliance (UPA)-style paralysis, we see some welcome signs of movement. But the direction of this movement remains, at best, unclear, if not worrisome. It is good to see a leader with conviction, but we are already treading the thin line between decisiveness and authoritarianism. A government that lacks a clear direction and an Opposition that lacks political will or wisdom threaten to deepen the political vacuum in the country.
At 100, more worries than hope - The Hindu

 

[tks]

My expectations of the PM Modi is that his Government does not do any harm that is lasting. I know that is a bit low on expectations. I think he (and his Government) has met this expectation. I know there will be voice of discordance.

Next I expected that he will take a stand on changing the culture of governance. It is likely that het met this expectation since he has had some impact both based on unbiased reports and by words of many of my friends.

Third I expected PM Modi will begin to address problems unique to the unstructured society and he has started to do that by addressing the need to build toilets for starters.

Most reasonable people will give him 5 years to 10 years to make a big difference. It has taken 50+ years to achieve the current status.

The best course of action for his Government is to ignore the talking heads and the people masquerading as journalists. These people lack personal integrity, and do not care anything about anyone and certainly not about the large poverty stricken unstructured society of India.

Many people of Indian origin in UK claiming to be intellectuals wrote to a British news paper in the form of a petition as to how India will fall apart if Modi was elected. I am paraphrasing and do not have the reference link handy. Where are these jackasses and why is the media not holding them accountable?

It will be very useful for India if there was an emergence of unbiased media people and hold PM Modi and his Government accountable. In the long run that will be healthy.

Unfortunately before I read any reports and analysis I first look for the track record of the analyst and what I find often is ugliness about an analyst.

So the best thing right now is to ignore both positive and negative analysis by anyone and let the results speak for themselves for the new government.

 

[prasad1]

 

[prasad1]

Tksji,
I give Mr. Modi 70 out of 100.
But in a country where admission to DU the cutoff is 100, 70 is totally useless.
But it is still early, it is only 100 days.

 

[krish44]

My expectations of the PM Modi is that his Government does not do any harm that is lasting. I know that is a bit low on expectations. I think he (and his Government) has met this expectation. I know there will be voice of discordance.

Next I expected that he will take a stand on changing the culture of governance. It is likely that het met this expectation since he has had some impact both based on unbiased reports and by words of many of my friends.

Third I expected PM Modi will begin to address problems unique to the unstructured society and he has started to do that by addressing the need to build toilets for starters.

Most reasonable people will give him 5 years to 10 years to make a big difference. It has taken 50+ years to achieve the current status.

The best course of action for his Government is to ignore the talking heads and the people masquerading as journalists. These people lack personal integrity, and do not care anything about anyone and certainly not about the large poverty stricken unstructured society of India.

Many people of Indian origin in UK claiming to be intellectuals wrote to a British news paper in the form of a petition as to how India will fall apart if Modi was elected. I am paraphrasing and do not have the reference link handy. Where are these jackasses and why is the media not holding them accountable?

It will be very useful for India if there was an emergence of unbiased media people and hold PM Modi and his Government accountable. In the long run that will be healthy.

Unfortunately before I read any reports and analysis I first look for the track record of the analyst and what I find often is ugliness about an analyst.

So the best thing right now is to ignore both positive and negative analysis by anyone and let the results speak for themselves for the new government.

if building toilets is the criterion for performance of govt , head of sulabh shauchalay qualifies also to be PM

other achievement is cleaning govt offices and hounding govt servants to make them go to office

the greatest achievement is promoting sangh parivar in projects like against love jihad. celebrating guruutsav and waving copies of gita ,besides playing drums in world capitals

 

[prasad1]

if building toilets is the criterion for performance of govt , head of sulabh shauchalay qualifies also to be pm

other achievement is cleaning govt offices and hounding govt servants to make them go to office

the greatest achievement is promoting sangh parivar in projects like against love jihad. Celebrating guruutsav and waving copies of gita ,besides playing drums in world capitals

wow

 

[vgane]

The Biju Janata Dal (BJD) maintained that there is hardly any difference between the UPA Government and the Government led by Narendra Modi.


“The 100 days of Modi Government is like UPA-III as there is hardly any difference between the two,” BJD’s newly-appointed spokesman and former minister Rabi Narayan Nanda said.


People had expected that prices will come down after Modi Government comes to power, but there has been further rise in prices, he said and added that the Government has also enhanced train fare.


The Modi Government has neglected the State in General as well as Railway Budgets, he said and added that in the Polavaram project issue Odisha’s interest was neglected.

The same BJD's senior MP Panda has poured encomiums on Modi..Read this

Times Of India | Blogs

 

[vgane]

Tksji,
I give Mr. Modi 70 out of 100.
But in a country where admission to DU the cutoff is 100, 70 is totally useless.
But it is still early, it is only 100 days.

Prasadji,

How much have you given to MMS as PM

 

[prasad1]

Prasadji,

How much have you given to MMS as PM

ZERO,
Is this a competition between the two PM. You have very low expectations of PM.

 

[Brahmanyan]

Modi's 100 days in office.

Mr Narendra Modi has initiated a number of measures to restructure almost every department of his Government. Even the indelible ink mark has not vanished from my finger nail.To analyse the progress in 100 days does not seem to be fair. There seem to be over enthusiasm on the part of few critics to find fault with Mr Modi and his Government from the day one of him taking the post of Prime Minister. The previous Governments have damaged the Governance systematically by allowing all sort of compromises in the name of compulsions of Coalition Dharma.

Well, let us not degrade the efforts of a sincere man who wants to do some thing good for his Country. People of this country has voted Mr Modi for a change, which I am sure they will see in five years.
Mr Modi is not a "sprinter" but a "stayer".

Let us wish him all the best and support whole heartedly in his endeavors.

Brahmanyan,
Bangalore.

 

[sarang]

Anyway nobody takes the English TV and print media seriously. They are seen as frustrated jokers who are oblivious to what is in front of their noses. Modi realized this long ago, and his surge in popularity in Japan may be due to his tweets in Japanese. He has well articulated his mission, vision and agenda many times. There is enough goodwill to support him for two terms to achieve.

 

[tks]

Anyway nobody takes the English TV and print media seriously. They are seen as frustrated jokers who are oblivious to what is in front of their noses. Modi realized this long ago, and his surge in popularity in Japan may be due to his tweets in Japanese. He has well articulated his mission, vision and agenda many times. There is enough goodwill to support him for two terms to achieve.

Learning from Modi, even here in this forum there are posts that are best ignored based on poster's reputation that they have earned by their previous posts

 

[prasad1]

Presumably because a dozen crucial byelections are to be held in Uttar Pradesh very soon, BJP leaders, including Lakshmikant Bajpai, president of the BJP’s Uttar Pradesh unit, saffron-clad Yogi Adityanath, a senior MP who has been assigned a major role in the byelections, and Kalraj Mishra, a Union minister, are doing all they can to foster communal strife. Mr Bajpai rhetorically asked, for instance: “Have they (Muslims) got the certificate to rape girls because they belong to a particular religion?” He and Mr Adityanath also invoked “love jihad”, an oxymoron which is supposed to mean that Muslim men sinisterly lure Hindu girls into marriage to convert them to Islam. The yogi went so far as to declare that for every Hindu woman so converted, “we will (mete out the same treatment) to 100 Muslim girls”. He added that in areas where the Muslims were 35 per cent of the population or more, “there is no place for non-Muslims”. Mr Bajpai asserted that “99.99 per cent of all rapes were committed by Muslims”.


Shouldn’t Mr Modi worry that if this kind of demagoguery is permitted to continue, communal strife and violence are bound to follow? What happens then to his demand for a “10-year moratorium on communal and caste violence”, leave alone his lofty objectives of development and good governance? His enduring silence cannot but ensure escalation of wrongdoing.
http://www.deccanchronicle.com/140903/commentary-columnists/article/hundred-days-schizophrenia