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17/08/2010 |
6:30pm |
New Delhi |
Durbar Hall, Taj Palace, SP Marg |
Panelists Raghav Bahl - Founder and Editor, Network18 Nandan Nilekani - Chairman, UIDAI M Damodaran - Former Chairman, SEBI Bimal Jalan - Former Governor, RBI Shekhar Gupta - Editor-in-Chief, The Indian Express |
26/8/2010 |
7:00pm |
Mumbai |
Ball Room, Taj Lands End |
Book launch |
With telling insights into the two Asian powers' histories, polities, economies and cultures, Superpower? The Amazing Race Between China's Hare and India's Tortoise is a brilliantly written, superbly documented, rich and comprehensive account of the race to dominance between the two neighbours.
Raghav Bahl is the Founder-Editor of India's largest media house, Network 18, and one of the country's most admired media professionals.
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Ask Raghav
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Q. Sir,
Which industry do you think can contribute most to the development of India? Is it the IT industry or any other?
Which industry do you think can contribute most to the development of India? Is it the IT industry or any other?

A. Labour intensive industries will contribute most to the development of our country at this stage. Construction, garment-making, leather, gems and jewellery, toy making, retailing... these are the industries that will employ people who do not have high skills. Within agriculture, horticulture has the most potential. And off the farm, it is milk and meat production. The information technology industry can employ many more people than it currently does, but it is not the answer to our unemployment problem because of the high level of skills that it demands.
If 200 years of economic theory is sound, then India simply must succeed in creating an America- and Japan-like miracle. Continuing to infuse physics into economics, India's growth is like the 'wave theory': closer to the epicentre, the waves are tiny, densely packed, and look really small.
Urgency Is The Missing Ingredient In India's Expressway Development
Emperor Sher Shah Suri is the father of India's roads-he built the Grand Trunk Road 450 years ago.
It spanned the breadth of India from current-day Bangladesh to Pakistan. At every 6 km was a sarai or rest place for caravans. Centuries later, Adam Smith would call roads 'the greatest of all improvements', but Sher Shah Suri had figured it all out for himself.
Emperor Sher Shah Suri is the father of India's roads-he built the Grand Trunk Road 450 years ago.
It spanned the breadth of India from current-day Bangladesh to Pakistan. At every 6 km was a sarai or rest place for caravans. Centuries later, Adam Smith would call roads 'the greatest of all improvements', but Sher Shah Suri had figured it all out for himself.
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A unique and gripping account of the evolving geo-politics and the role of India and China in a transformational shift, this book will be of much interest to policymakers and investors alike.
— Anand Sharma, Minister of Commerce and Industry, Government of India |
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