All stories by SHOBHA WARRIER
Why this entrepreneur turned to Rahul for help
Rediff.com15 Feb 2021'We have been telling the government that we need handholding.' So, we sent a series of recommendations to the government, but nothing happened.' 'And the condition of industry became worse.'
'We are in the ICU. Please save us'
Rediff.com15 Feb 2021'How does it matter to me if a foreigner comes, starts an industry and makes India a $5 trillion economy when I am dead?'
How AgNext will make Farmers Money
Rediff.com12 Feb 2021'Our technology is going to help Indian agriculture the way the White Revolution helped milk production.'
'Economy will run on its own despite collapses, failures'
Rediff.com5 Feb 2021'The government has realised that the finances of the government are in a precarious state.' 'We are borrowing to fund the ever-burgeoning revenue deficit.' 'Then you are paying interest on the fresh borrowing.' 'For the first time, the government has realised that this cannot go on.'
'This Budget will not take us to 12%, but it will help the economy fare better'
Rediff.com5 Feb 2021'There is good indication that the economy is bouncing back, but the problem is, we should look at the eight quarters preceding March 2020.' 'The growth had fallen below 3.1% before March 2020.' 'So, the governments must realise that even if you transform the best of green shoots into banyan trees, you see only 3.1% growth.'
'These vaccines are safe. That you can be sure about'
Rediff.com18 Jan 2021'Since we have to stop the pandemic, we have to use the vaccines now and that is why the emergency-use approval is justifiable.'
COVID-19: 'We should not drop our guard thinking the vaccine is coming'
Rediff.com18 Jan 2021'If we take such an approach, we may find ourselves in a tough situation.' 'COVID-19 doesn't spread through water or air or mosquito; it only spreads from person to person.' 'We should make wearing a mask as part of our life.'
'In Bhopal, every rule in the vaccine trial book has been broken'
Rediff.com15 Jan 2021'We are rolling out a vaccine when we don't even have the phase 2 trial results; forget about phase 3 trial results.' 'Why are we playing with people's lives?'
'This is not growth; this is de-growth'
Rediff.com15 Jan 2021'It will be only in fiscal year 2023 when the size of the Indian economy will be bigger than what it was in 2020, you will see demand and employment rising.'
'Economy is not growing, it's only recovering'
Rediff.com12 Jan 2021'In 2016, we had De-Mon and in 2017, we had GST.' 'The combined impact of these two started showing up in 2019 and 2020.' 'COVID-19 only added insult to injury.'
'We need to know what they mean by clinical trial mode'
Rediff.com8 Jan 2021'Ideally, the efficacy data of all the trials should be there in the public domain, and as soon as possible.' 'It is difficult to understand the reason behind the authorisation.'
'No one is saying the vaccine is unsafe'
Rediff.com8 Jan 2021'Nobody is attacking the company or the vaccine.' 'The concerns are about the process and the lack of transparency.'
COVID-19: Is the worst over in India?
Rediff.com29 Dec 2020'The worst is possibly over because too many of us may already be infected.'
'Surveillance can't go down because the curve is going down'
Rediff.com29 Dec 2020'Even after vaccines are given, precautions like using a mask and maintaining social distancing have to be taken.'
'Is there no justice in this country?'
Rediff.com18 Dec 2020'He was tortured in police custody.' '"Do you not have any rape cases to write about in Kerala?" "Why is it that a Muslim from Kerala has so much sympathy for a Dalit woman in UP?" "Why did Rahul Gandhi visit your wife?"' 'These were the kind of questions the UP police asked him.'
'Covid virus is getting weaker'
Rediff.com15 Dec 2020'If at all there is going to be a second wave, it will not be very strong unlike in the US and Europe.'
'We need to vaccinate at least 70% of the population'
Rediff.com15 Dec 2020'There is a Covid vaccine-mania that is happening in the world now and the vaccine makers are using this mania for their own gains'
'What honesty can you talk about when you openly buy MLAs?'
Rediff.com14 Dec 2020'What steps have the higher level of political leadership taken to remove corruption from the system and bring in honest governance?'
'Good chance of substantial recovery in next financial year'
Rediff.com3 Dec 2020'I am sceptical of the Indian economy returning to a sustained high-growth trajectory any time soon'
'What expertise does DBS have to run an Indian bank?'
Rediff.com3 Dec 2020'On the evening of the 17th, the RBI said the bank was put on moratorium.' 'Within an hour, the RBI said it would be merged with DBS.' 'How did DBS come to know within an hour that LVB was in trouble?' 'It means, what happened was match-fixing.'