Current Affairs

The action has begun. With an “element of intensity”, in Finance Minister Arun Jaitley’s words. In fact, the Narendra Modi government’s first decision—on its first day—was to set up a…

About a year ago, Narendra Modi, then Gujarat chief minister, locked horns with Montek Singh Ahluwalia, deputy chairman of the Planning Commission, over the ‘Gujarat model’. While finalising the state’s…