Columnists

Hardeep S Puri

The writer is a retired diplomat, who recently joined the BJP.

What PM Gati Shakti plan means for the nation

Tue, Oct 26, 2021

Hardeep Singh Puri writes: It will transform Indian infrastructure and logistics to compete with the world’s leading economies

The truth about asset monetisation

Thu, Sep 02, 2021

Hardeep Singh Puri writes: Criticism of the government’s plans to lease out assets to private players, raise resources for public investment, is baseless

How the UPA inherited an economy with strong fundamentals, and squandered that advantage

Wed, Aug 25, 2021

Hardeep Singh Puri writes: One of the most debilitating repercussions of such short-sighted decision-making remains the long-term oil bonds worth Rs 1.44 lakh crore.

How Modi government’s flagship missions have put people at the centre of urban governance

Fri, Jun 25, 2021

Hardeep S Puri writes: During the Covid-19 pandemic, the Integrated Command and Control Centres, which are already operational in more than 50 of the 100 smart cities, played a pivotal role in providing real-time information to enable health workers and city administrators in tracking the virus spread and in relief and rehabilitation work.

A clean, green future for Indian cities

Wed, Jun 09, 2021

Hardeep Singh Puri writes: A progressive track of urban development while keeping sustainability, disaster risk resilience and community building at its core has been the guiding principle for urban development during the last seven years of the Modi government

RERA has placed interests of homebuyers at the heart of the real estate sector

Wed, Jan 20, 2021

RERA has infused governance in a hitherto unregulated sector. Along with demonetisation and GST, it has, to a large extent, cleansed the real estate sector of black money.

We must not allow political opportunism to overshadow the key measures enunciated through farm bills

Wed, Sep 23, 2020

Landmark bills will create an ecosystem to facilitate remunerative prices to farmers through competitive alternative trading channels. Opposition must not spread misinformation.

Civil aviation has expanded in reach and scale, it will come out of this crisis stronger

Mon, Jun 01, 2020

As the prime minister has rightly pointed out, we have to view this crisis as an opportunity. We need to ensure that the Indian aviation sector comes out from this crisis stronger.

Moving to the city

Thu, Mar 15, 2018

India has been a reluctant urbaniser in the past. Through a series of programmes and legislation, the NDA government is moving towards planned and inclusive urbanisation.