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katequeenofsprouts's review against another edition
4.0
This is often from an economic or business point of view in relation to India's recent history and challenges (as well as successes), but informative about many aspects of India from that pov.
nithinthehouse's review
4.0
Very well portrayed summary of India's growth story. The book simultaneously fills one with optimism about India's potential to become an economic powerhouse and laments the lack of initiative being taken. Exhaustive in covering all the important aspects of the nation from a policy maker's perspective - health, education, political scenario, employment, the environment - the book presents a candid picture of the state of affairs in the country. It presents the transition of the country from the protectionist regime to the business friendly, open economy it is today. Regressive government policies failed to encourage Indian businesses from becoming globally competitive until very recently. We now have an immense advantage in terms of our superior demographics and skilled, english speaking population that can compete in the world job-market as well as a rising trend of private enterprises showing the way for bottom-up growth.
Our challenges lie in poor governance especially visible in low investment in basic healthcare and primary education, inability to control corruption and opacity in land-record keeping and public distribution system. Time and again, government policies have ended up benefiting special interest groups and have shown a poor track record in emancipating the poor. Vote-bank politics have buoyed economically un-viable measures such as free power and subsidies which have led to free-ridership and environmental degradation. The author has faith in the power of democracy to overthrow underperforming governments time and again and an increase in awareness in recent times that investment in infrastructure and transparency in governance are more important than sops and subsidies. The author seeks to make a personal contribution to the growth story by universalising the UID Aadhar Card to better identify and reach the target audience for public welfare programmes.
Excellent read, has made me much more aware about the ills pervading the society as well as the positive forces shaping the economy and putting it on the world map. Proud to be an Indian. Jai Hind !
Our challenges lie in poor governance especially visible in low investment in basic healthcare and primary education, inability to control corruption and opacity in land-record keeping and public distribution system. Time and again, government policies have ended up benefiting special interest groups and have shown a poor track record in emancipating the poor. Vote-bank politics have buoyed economically un-viable measures such as free power and subsidies which have led to free-ridership and environmental degradation. The author has faith in the power of democracy to overthrow underperforming governments time and again and an increase in awareness in recent times that investment in infrastructure and transparency in governance are more important than sops and subsidies. The author seeks to make a personal contribution to the growth story by universalising the UID Aadhar Card to better identify and reach the target audience for public welfare programmes.
Excellent read, has made me much more aware about the ills pervading the society as well as the positive forces shaping the economy and putting it on the world map. Proud to be an Indian. Jai Hind !
katequeenofsprouts's review
4.0
This is often from an economic or business point of view in relation to India's recent history and challenges (as well as successes), but informative about many aspects of India from that pov.
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