Modi government has to come up with a robust economic agenda to impress the masses.

Though Indians were no strangers to scams, spectrum loss was beyond their wildest imagination.

As real estate is about a tenth of the Indian economy, the extent of black money floating around in the sector is huge.

Qimat Rai Gupta's roots were truly modest. Early in life, he had even sold oil on a cycle in the villages of Punjab.

This has spelt trouble for the mills. Most of them are unable to pay the farmers.

All this is happening at a time when aluminium prices in the world market are firming up.

Ranbaxy did its maiden public issue in 1973.

Some would argue that it bullet trains are too expensive for the cash-starved Indian Railways, and its cost far outweighs the benefits.

According to the 2011 census, 67 per cent of rural households and 13 per cent of urban households defecate in the open.

Mr Modi, it came across, did not want to be seen as favouring any one business group.