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The country needs to strengthen its weak patents regime and improve what remains a hostile environment for foreign businesses

There’s little that Obama can offer to change Modi’s mind

India must abandon longstanding political hangups about using the same US weaponry as archrival Pakistan

India must abandon longstanding political hangups about using the same US weaponry as archrival Pakistan

The real mountain of illicit cash is parked in the country, not in some Swiss bank, and estimates put it at a hefty 70 per cent of India’s $2tr GDP

Making Delhi bureaucrats clean their own toilets may be good PR but the solution to sanitation problems lies outside the government

Peace and prosperity will make Kashmiris resist the appeal of war

He needs to live up to his pledges of radical changes to India’s economy

A more transparent direct tax system with moderate rates and no exemptions will greatly boost the country’s competitiveness

An effort needs to be made to eliminate unnecessary time lags in the collection and release of data

Modi needs to exploit the contradictions within Congress

Though sweeping changes were absent, individual policies can declog legacy worry