Modi government's record mixed, experts tell lawmakers

Edit Deccan Herald 17 Mar 2016
It has done its best to roll out a red carpet for investors, with the prime minister himself acting as India's chief pitchman," Sadanand Dhume, resident fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, told lawmakers during a Congressional hearing. "However, in terms of deep structural reform, the government has either been stymied by the opposition or has itself preferred caution to boldness," Dhume said....

PM Narendra Modi government's record mixed, experts tell lawmakers

Edit The Times of India 17 Mar 2016
It has done its best to roll out a red carpet for investors, with the prime minister himself acting as India's chief pitchman," Sadanand Dhume, resident fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, told lawmakers during a Congressional hearing. "However, in terms of deep structural reform, the government has either been stymied by the opposition or has itself preferred caution to boldness," Dhume said....

PM Narendra Modi government's record mixed, US lawmakers told

Edit The Times of India 17 Mar 2016
It has done its best to roll out a red carpet for investors, with the prime minister himself acting as India's chief pitchman," Sadanand Dhume, resident fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, told US lawmakers during a Congressional hearing. "However, in terms of deep structural reform, the government has either been stymied by the opposition or has itself preferred caution to boldness," Dhume said....

Modi govt's record mixed despite doing best to rollout red carpet for investors, experts tell lawmakers

Edit DNA India 17 Mar 2016
It has done its best to roll out a red carpet for investors, with the prime minister himself acting as India's chief pitchman," Sadanand Dhume, resident fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, told lawmakers during a Congressional hearing. "However, in terms of deep structural reform, the government has either been stymied by the opposition or has itself preferred caution to boldness," Dhume said....

A Look Ahead—March 14-18 (US House of Representatives Committee on Foreign Affairs)

Edit Public Technologies 12 Mar 2016
(Source. US House of Representatives Committee on Foreign Affairs). Washington, D.C. - Today, House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ed Royce (R-CA) announced the following upcoming Committee events.. Tuesday, March 15. Hearing. Review of the FY 2017 Foreign Assistance Budget. Aligning Interests, Ensuring Effectiveness and Transparency. 10 a.m. on Tuesday, March 15 in 2172 Rayburn House Office Building ... Rep ... Administrator. U.S ... Sadanand Dhume....

Budgeting for Kanhaiya

Edit Indian Express 05 Mar 2016
Two TV channels have had enough of Kanhaiya Kumar. Yesterday, Zee and India TV blacked out his press conference at JNU, which appeared to have been called to clarify that he is a student leader, not the prime minister ... Share This Article ... Sadanand Dhume, a confident social media proselytiser of the prime minister’s reformist agenda, now seems to agree with Arun Shourie, who famously said that the BJP is “the Congress and a cow” ... ....

Indian prime minister’s surprise visit to Pakistan inspires hope for better relations

Edit South China Morning Post 26 Dec 2015
With a surprise visit to Pakistan, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday breathed new life into a long-troubled relationship ... READ MORE ... “Modi’s surprise visit to Pakistan underscores his reputation as a bold leader willing to break the mould in foreign policy even at the risk of alienating some of his core supporters at home,” said Sadanand Dhume, resident fellow at the American Enterprise Institute in Washington ... READ MORE ... ....

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to Pakistan sets the stage for talks next month

Edit The Los Angeles Times 25 Dec 2015
Modi's surprise visit to Pakistan underscores his reputation as a bold leader willing to break the mold in foreign policy even at the risk of alienating some of his core supporters at home,” said Sadanand Dhume, resident fellow at the American Enterprise Institute in Washington ... both urgency and purpose” to the talks, Dhume said....

Is Narendra Modi Losing his Chance to Reform India?

Edit Huffington Post 14 Dec 2015
The sharp defeat of Narendra Modi's Bharatiya Janata Party in the state of Bihar has put the prime minister's reform plan and political legacy at risk ... He still has time to act, but governments usually grow more timid the longer they hold office--and the sooner the next election impends ... He talked big ... Sadanand Dhume of the American Enterprise Institute urged electricity restructuring, privatization, subsidy reductions, and tax reform ... ....

India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi faces internal revolt over loss of key state election

Edit South China Morning Post 11 Nov 2015
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi was hit on Tuesday with the first open internal challenge to his leadership since taking power, with senior members of his party expressing anger at the loss of a key state election ... and how its consensual character has been destroyed,” the letter added ... Daft if you have a longer political time horizon,” Sadanand Dhume, resident fellow at Washington-based American Enterprise Institute, said. ....

AEI Symposium - Abundance without Attachment - day 2 (The Office of His Holiness the ...

Edit Public Technologies 09 Nov 2015
(Source. The Office of His Holiness the Dalai Lama) ... Sadanand Dhume was moderator. He asked Hernando de Soto to elaborate on something he's said elsewhere, that in many developing countries the problem is not too much capitalism, but not enough ... Sadanand Dhume invited Jay Panda to tell what he thought his constituents would have to say ... Dhume asked whether things have got better in the nearly 57 years His Holiness has been in India....

Whatever created the impression that Narendra Modi was a moderate?

Edit Dawn 07 Oct 2015
This mode of thinking first revealed itself during in the 2014 election campaign. Sadanand Dhume, a commentator sympathetic to the BJP wrote, “While Mr Modi may have tacked toward the moderate center on interreligious matters, you can't say the same for his party… sooner or later he will have to confront the extremists within his fold.” ... The vote was for change and development and not Hindutva.”Pink revolution ... Also read ... ....

Narendra Modi Falters

Edit Huffington Post 26 Aug 2015
Observed Sadanand Dhume of the American Enterprise Institute ... Argued Dhume, "in Gujarat, too, he started slowly, but ended up presiding over a long boom." ... On Dhume's to-do list are tax reform, privatization, subsidy cuts, and electricity restructuring, India also should limit government spending, liberalize its labor rules, ... Dhume reasonably asked....
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