Dec 28 2009
Gujarat Development under Narendra Modi
Narendra Modi took charge of Gujarat when its economy was shrinking and the domestic growth was stagnant. Faced with massive economic losses, he reorganized the government’s administrative structure and embarked upon a massive cost-cutting exercise. As a result of Gujarat government efforts under guidance of modi, Gujarat registered a GDP growth rate of over 10% [...]
Dec 27 2009
Democracy or Else: voting compulsory in Gujarat state
A local editorial in favor of the law argues that with reduced voter participation, “the true spirit of the will of the people is not reflected in the electoral mandate”. The logic of the law, then, is that by forcing an increase in that voter share, you better approximate that “spirit of the will”. But [...]
