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$5-trillion question: Can Modi hit his economic target?
Asia focus, Narendra Kaushik, Published on 12/08/2019
» One hundred trillion rupees (US$1.4 trillion) for highways, railways, airports, waterways, crop storage and digital infrastructure; 20 million new houses; 125,000 kilometres of roads; a reduction in fuel imports by 5-6 trillion rupees as solar power and e-vehicles take hold … the Indian government has a very ambitious to-do list.
Eco-warriors
Asia focus, Narendra Kaushik, Published on 01/07/2019
» The "school strike" outside the Swedish parliament in August last year and the emergence of the Extinction Rebellion movement have inspired thousands of eco-warriors across India, who are turning up the heat in their campaign against pollution and environmental degradation.
Fast track to India
Asia focus, Narendra Kaushik, Published on 31/10/2016
» India has made significant strides under Prime Minister Narendra Modi to position itself as more friendly to foreign investment, but the actual process of getting a new business off the ground is still not as smooth as investors or authorities want it to be.
Waste not
Asia focus, Narendra Kaushik, Published on 14/12/2015
» The world of Mohammad Khokun Hamid has rarely been much bigger than 10 square kilometres. The resident of a cramped room in a slum that has arisen on cemetery land near the famous Hazrat Nizamuddin shrine in South Delhi, Mr Hamid is one of thousands of rag pickers and waste collectors in the Indian capital.
India's renewable push
Asia focus, Narendra Kaushik, Published on 30/11/2015
» The Narendra Modi government is working at a frenzied pace to pass regulations to meet its target of generating 175 gigawatts (GW) of renewable energy by 2022, as part of India's campaign to reduce greenhouse gases (GHG) and combat global warming.