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Forbes India 13th Anniversary: Rewind of Key Milestones of India's Corporates and Startups

A rewind of the key milestones in India's corporates and startups, through the lens of 13 years of Forbes India

The wait for 'Achchhe Din'

The question is whether the government could have done more in its first year. And there are no clear answers

One year of Narendra Modi government: The India Inc verdict

What do top industry leaders think of the Narendra Modi-led government's performance in the past year? The Forbes India-BMR Advisors survey has some answers

Narendra Modi: The secret ingredient in every success?

'What are you doing to accelerate growth?' asks P Chidambaram

It has been a year of promises but little implementation, says former Finance Minister P Chidambaram, asking hard questions of the Modi government in a no-holds-barred interview

After a year in office, Modi must reset expectations, recalibrate priorities

Nice-to-have schemes like Swachh Bharat cannot take up too much of his time. The PM needs to run a lean, mean, focussed and execution-oriented government. He was elected to do this job—not anything else

Adi Godrej: The govt should treat taxpayers as customers, not adversaries

The government must make people more comfortable about investing in India. For that, among other things, it has to fix its tax machinery

AM Naik: The govt's big infrastructure push

The government has nurtured the enabling environment to launch large projects. Now, it is time to execute these master plans

Anupam Mittal: Are we becoming a 'ban ban' republic?

There has been a gap between what the Modi government has promised and delivered in its first year in power

Ayaz Memon: Choose adventurism over pragmatism, Mr Modi

India needs to make that big leap in sports too as it seeks to become a global superpower. For that, the PM must give it the push it needs

Bibek Debroy: Transition to 8.5% growth isn't automatic

It requires reforms. And while the expression 'reforms' is bandied around, it needs to be well-defined

CP Gurnani: It's been a year of basking in the global limelight

The right diplomatic moves and promises have been made but converting them into action is now crucial

Devi Shetty: No silver bullet for healthcare in India

What's needed: Overhaul medical education, build more hospitals and develop micro-insurance plans to help India dissociate healthcare from affluence

Dilip Piramal: Time for more demonstrative action by the govt

There is a strong feeling that the honeymoon is over and that the government has promised more than it can deliver. Far more has to be done to overturn this perception

Kalpana Morparia: The jigsaw that is India's economy

Each piece of the puzzle, including incremental and sustained reforms, has helped policymakers create a bullet-proof balance sheet

Marc Faber: Climate for business in India is yet to improve

There is already a bit of unease at the pace of reforms—the Prime Minister must implement new laws to ensure rapid growth

Nigel Harris: The key is a bold, new trade strategy for India

Globally, decisions about where to locate new auto investments are being taken now, and there is no reason why India cannot signal its intent to attract its share of this expanding industry

Rahul Sharma: Coming up, a tightrope walk for the govt

To satisfy the twin objectives of inflation control and upward growth rate, the government will have to increase confidence in the economy

Raju Barwale: India needs to grow more crops with less inputs

Erratic rains, climate change and a growing population are putting pressure on a farming economy that needs a boost from technology

Ridham Desai: Govt's approach to problem-fixing is impressive

India has everything it needs to be counted among the world's top five economies. All it has to do is use its resources productively

Sanjiv Goenka: Our PM is almost a human locomotive

Much depends on the hardworking and tireless Narendra Modi, but he shouldn't become a robot either

Shikha Sharma: Sustain and accelerate momentum of reforms

The positive movement has been palpable but the proof of the reforms is in the economic activity they create

Steve Forbes: How Modi can make India a global superpower

If the reform process stays on course, there's no reason why India shouldn't achieve real double-digit annual growth rates for the next 20 years

Uday Shankar: We need a combination of clarity and will

One year in the lifetime of any government is short, but this period has been encouraging

V Balakrishnan: The govt has been long on talk, short on action

After almost one year of the NDA government, hardly anything has changed on the ground

Vinita Bali: People expect tangible, palpable and quick change

They should not be made to wait any longer. The time has come to act on priority areas

Mukesh Butani: The key will lie in the implementation of structural reforms

Administrative changes in the tax ecosystem are called for as India can ill-afford a perception-based risk to investor sentiment

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