Prime Minister Narendra Modi met top industrialists Mukesh Ambani, Cyrus Mistry, Kumar Mangalam Birla, Sunil Mittal, others along with the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Governor Raghuram Rajan, bankers, economists and more today. Narendra Modi may well be looking at the future, but his failures speak volumes about delivery on promises made so far - significantly, PM Manmohan Singh too had failed in similar manner and the Congress paid the price during the elections. (PTI)
Check out the top 10 policy failures of the Narendra Modi government:
1. Narendra Modi govt has failed to push critical reform statutes like the GST and the Land Bill (PTI)
2. Narendra Modi govt failed to clean up the tax and arbitration mess (PTI)
3. Narendra Modi govt has not been able to take a decision on gas pricing or cutting subsidies (PTI)
4. Narendra Modi govt has not succeeded in improving business environment in India (PTI)
5. Narendra Modi govt has not presented a plan to capitalise on global turmoil to attain higher growth (PTI)
6. Narendra Modi govt has not been able to effect a turnaround in the government’s functioning and decision-making (PTI)processes
7. Narendra Modi govt has been high on promises but low on delivery - big-ticket plans like Make-in-India, Digital India, and Smart Cities among others, that have been announced, need policy support, which is missing. (PTI)
8. Narendra Modi government still has to find ways to improve electricity supply, tax administration (PTI)
9. Narendra Modi gpvt clearance processes both at the Central as well as the state level are still awaiting improvement (PTI)
10. How serious Narendra Modi govt is about effecting change is clear from fact that it is yet to start fixing timelines for various policy measures. Will this meeting also turn out to be just a ritual or throw up solutions? Keep checking this space.