Getting India Back on Track has been just released on 8 June, 2014 by none other than our new Prime Minister, Narendra Modi. The book is about the action agenda for bringing the reformation in the country. The book has been edited by Bibek Debroy, Ashley J. Tellis and Reece Trevor at his 7 Race Course Road (RCR) residence. Published by Carnegie Endowment For International Peace, the foreword of the book has been penned by Ratan N Tata, containing various insightful essays by renowned academicians and public policy experts.
Just about two weeks after becoming India’s prime minister, Narendra Modi launched the book Getting India Back on Track: An Action Agenda for Reform at 7 Race Course Road.The book has elements, which has led India to have fallen far and fast from the runaway growth rates it enjoyed in the first decade of the twenty-first century. In addition, it says that in order to reverse the trend, New Delhi must seriously reflect on its policy choices across a wide range of issue areas.
Getting India Back on Track broadly corresponds with the Indian elections that were held in 2014 to encourage a public debate about the agenda that the next government is ought to pursue in order to return the country to a conduit of soaring growth and development. It summons some of the most talented and skillful analysts of India to suggest strategies and guidelines in every main sector of the Indian economy. These seventeen brief and focused memoranda, which offers policymakers and the general public alike a clear blueprint for India’s future.
The book has fairly answers about certain questions like how to return the country to a path of high, sustained growth and international success by the accomplished scholars. On the occasion, the minister for finance, corporate affairs, and defense, Arun Jaitley said "I am going to read every part of this book. It will help us to do our job better. The book is well- timed and the title is apt."
Mittal states, “The election of Narendra Modi shows the importance of getting India back to the high growth levels we enjoyed at the beginning of this century”. “This book is a unique collection of ideas for how to do that from some of India’s foremost experts.”
“India is a very important power in the world and an increasingly influential player on the global stage,” said Carnegie President Jessica T. Mathews, who was present at the event. He further says, “I am delighted and honored that Prime Minister Modi agreed to launch this book. We are looking forward to opening a Carnegie center in New Delhi soon so that we can contribute our scholars’ ideas and analysis to India’s rich intellectual landscape.”
“Bibek Debroy and Ashley J. Tellis have brought together an impressive group of experts who provide a clear road map to move India forward in 2014. Anyone invested in the country’s success should read this book.”
–Arun Shourie, formerly India’s minister of disinvestment and minister of communications and information technology
“Focusing on a range of key issues, Getting India Back on Track has captured the scale and complexity of as well as the need for resetting India’s policies at the national and state levels. This excellent volume will be a very valuable resource to key policy framers and decision makers in India’s new government.”
–Naresh Chandra, former cabinet secretary and former Indian Ambassador to the United States
“It is rare to find a group of experts as accomplished and diverse as those represented in Getting India Back on Track. Their work builds a strong foundation for a real dialogue about India’s future at a time when a generational change in India’s leadership will set the course for decades to come. The Carnegie Endowment for International Peace should be complimented for undertaking such a worthwhile project.”
–Frank Wisner, former U.S. Ambassador to India and former under secretary of defense for Policy.
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