Janmejaya Sinha
The writer is chairman, Asia Pacific, Boston Consulting Group. Views are personal.
Articles By Janmejaya Sinha
On the edge of the big league
Geopolitical leverage is no more limited to a few countries. India too can project its soft power, take smart, fast decisions.
PM Modi remains India’s most popular leader for his strong decisions, personal appeal
PM Modi's popularity has sustained through the many strong decisions across a broad spectrum of issues that he has taken, many of which the intelligentsia has criticised — Aadhaar and its use, demonetisation, GST implementation, military strategy vis a vis Pakistan, the Doklam standoff, etc.
We don’t spend enough on intelligence or defence armaments
We need to ensure equipment gets purchased in a time-bound manner and a certain amount of the annual budget is allocated to defence equipment and that an interparty group approves the final purchases.
Democracy’s demons
Polarisation brought about by political rhetoric, unfulfilled expectations and partisan media combine to pose a challenge to democratic polities.
Lessons from Tham Luang
A crisis can either unite people or expose faultlines. Rescue of stranded children in Thailand can teach India.
A drive to clean air
Electric vehicles can reduce urban pollution significantly. India needs to offer monetary incentives and other subsidies to manufacturers.
India needs a new IAS
An increasingly specialised, complex and changing world demands a more effective bureaucracy
Trillions for the taking
Despite the spectre of a Trump presidency on the world economy, tapping emerging markets can mean big bucks for global business
Bank on the brink
Clean up the sector, create five large, structurally unconstrained government-promoted banks.
A steadying hand
Rupee, Sensex volatility impedes business planning. India needs a stabilisation sovereign wealth fund.
All the bank’s men
The choice of persons who sit on the Monetary Policy Committee will be critical — we need a debate on that.
A new Bretton Woods
Older multilateral institutions must adjust to new world order, or see more AIIBs, BRICS banks emerge.
From mandate to achievement
The strong initial leadership of Nehru and Patel helped strengthen the five institutions that built India.
Simpler government
Some lessons from the process of passport renewal and police verification.
Unclogging India
Ten ways to ease the log jam in the system, across sectors
Watchmen,unwatched
We need measures to evaluate how transparent and fair our investigative agencies are.
New bank,old insecurities
Why arguments against issuing bank licences to industrial houses dont hold
The weak rupee opportunity
Weaker rupee is just a mirror. We must use it to provide a fillip to reforms
Outdated standards
S&P is downbeat on India,but rating agencies must reset their models to understand emerging economies
