The last one year has witnessed a sea change in India’s polity. Performance, accountability and delivery has been the mantra for the Narendra Modi Government and on every occasion it has emphasized and worked basing itself on these defining pillars of governance. ‘Redefining Governance: Essays on One Year of Narendra Modi Government’ is, as the name suggests, a comprehensive collection of papers and articles on various dimensions and initiatives of the Narendra Modi led BJP Government in the last one year. Experts, practitioners, analysts, academics, journalists, political leaders, young professionals and activists from diverse fields have been invited to contribute their views on Governance in the last one year and make an analysis of its various dimensions and interventions. 
The volume is divided into five broad sections—Governance, Defence, Foreign Affairs, EconomyEntrepreneurship and Others. Each contributor has discussed or examined the different initiatives and projects that have been conceived and worked out in the last one year. While some have made a broad analysis of various development and governance efforts, others have focused on a particular theme or area. The volume shall be of interest to the researcher, the political analyst, the scholar of Indian polity as well the general reader with interest in current affairs, politics and governance issues.

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Contents

Foreword —Pgs. 5

Introduction —Pgs. 9

Governance

1. MODI’s ONE YEAR – Unleashing India’s Great Potential Ram Madhav —Pgs. 33

2. Modi’s First Year – From Hopelessness to Hope —Dr. A. Surya Prakash —Pgs. 39

3. What New has Narendra Modi Brought to the Table—Assessing One Year Dr. Vinay Sahasrabuddhe —Pgs. 50

4. A Good Beginning… Raj Liberhan —Pgs. 57

5. One Year of NDA Government: Strong Foundations for Growth and Empowerment of Poor —Muralidhar Rao —Pgs. 62

6. India’s Northeast and the Modi Government —Prof. Gangmumei Kamei —Pgs. 68

7. From ‘LOOK EAST’ to ‘ACT EAST’ —P.P. Shrivastav, IAS (Retd) —Pgs. 71

8. One Year: an Unmatched Achievement to Change the Path —Shivaji Sarkar —Pgs. 81

9. Trust on the Leadership and on the Changing Economic Environment Arun Singh —Pgs. 87

Defence

10. Indian Armed Forces Role in Disaster Relief and Humanitarian Assistance 2014-15 —Lt. Gen. K.T. Parnaik, PVSM, UYSM, YSM —Pgs. 95

11. NDA’s One Year: Performance in the Realm of National Security Lt. Gen. Syed Ata Hasnain, PVSM, UYSM, AVSM, SM (Bar), VSM (Bar) —Pgs. 101

12. New Zeal for India’s Defence Preparedness —Nitin Gokhale —Pgs. 109

13. National Security – Then and Now —Col. Karan Kharb —Pgs. 113

14. Nuclear Policy of the Modi Government —Rajiv Nayan —Pgs. 120

Foreign Affairs

15. One Year of Prime Minister Modi’s Foreign Policy —Rajiv Sikri —Pgs. 129

16. Prime Minister Modi and a New Strategic Opportunity for India —Jayadeva Ranade —Pgs. 134

17. The India-Bangladesh Land Boundary Agreement: Historic Milestone in PM Modi’s ‘Neighbourhood First’ Foreign Policy —Veena Sikri —Pgs. 139

18. The Obama Visit Prabhat P. Shukla —Pgs. 149

19. A Pragmatic Foreign Policy: The Case of France —Claude Arpi —Pgs. 154

20. Narendra Modi and Foreign Policy —Rajeev Srinivasan —Pgs. 163

21. Modi’s Journey through the Neighbourhood —Uttam Kumar Sinha —Pgs. 174

Economy-Entrepreneurship

22. MUDRA Bank: Theoretical Depth and Practical Wisdom —S. Gurumurthy —Pgs. 183

23. Modi and His Trinity of Schemes to Growth-Boost India —Hindol Sengupta —Pgs. 188

24. One Year of Modi Government: Economy and Pointers —Prof. R. Vaidyanathan —Pgs. 192

25. Modi Sarkar – One Year On —Shakti Sinha —Pgs. 208

26. From Gujarat Kite Industry to MUDRA Bank: Focus on Developing Small and Micro Businesses —Prof. P. Kanagasabapathi —Pgs. 217

Others

27. Indian Culture, Samarasata and Governance – a Reading from Narendra Modi —Avadhesh Kumar Singh —Pgs. 225

28. Swachh Bharat Abhiyan – The Engine of a Clean, Cohesive, and Credible India —Robinder Sachdev —Pgs. 231

29. New Initiatives in Education for Nation Building—First Year of Modi Government —Mahadev Desai —Pgs. 239

30. Narendra Modi Bats Rahul Dravid Style in Test Match with T-20 Expectations Shashi Shekhar —Pgs. 247

31. Justice for All, Appeasement of None —K.G. Suresh —Pgs. 251

32. Making Development a Mass Movement: Modi Sarkar’s Biggest Achievement in its First Year —Tejasvi Surya —Pgs. 256

33. 1st Anniversary of Modi Government: A View from Europe—Prof. Dr. Klaus Lange, —Prof. Dr. Klara Knapp Lange —Pgs. 263

34. Modi’s 365 Days and India’s Rise as a Civilisational State Dr. Anirban Ganguly —Pgs. 270

PM Modi’s Vision —Pgs. 275

Contributors’ Introduction —Pgs. 289        

Dr. Anirban Ganguly is Director of Dr. Syama Prasad Mookerjee Research Foundation, New Delhi and is a scholar of civilisation, politics, history and culture and has written and spoken extensively on these topics. 

Dr. Ganguly had his early education at Sri Aurobindo International Centre of Education, Puducherry and successfully defended his Doctoral Thesis from Jadavpur University, Kolkata on the early nationalist education movement in India and its underlying philosophy of education. Between 2010 and 2013 he was Research Fellow at Vivekananda International Foundation (VIF), New Delhi.

Dr. Ganguly regularly lectures in various leading Universities and Institutions across the country. Author of three books, ‘Debating Culture’—(New Delhi, 2013), ‘Swami Vivekananda— Buddha and Buddhism: a Mystic Link’ (Kolkata, 2014), ‘Education: Philosophy and Practice’ (New Delhi, 2011), he has also authored numerous papers, chapters and monographs on civilisational, political, educational and cultural issues. A consistent proponent of projecting India as a civilisationalstate, Dr. Ganguly is also a columnist with the New Indian Express and the Daily Pioneer.

He can be contacted at anirbangan@gmail.com and followed on twitter at @anirbanganguly