Twenty-One Independence Days Left: What India Must Do Every Day, Week, Month...
Vision – A land of Abundance, Opportunity, Spirituality and Technology with Happy Citizens 15 August 2026 | Dr Rajendra Pratap Gupta The arithmetic of a dream Today is our 80th Independence Day. After...
View ArticleThe GDP Illusions- Why We Must Measure the People’s GDP, Not the Nation’s...
Dr. Rajendra Pratap Gupta, PhD I. The Arithmetic Illusion Every year, finance ministries, multilateral agencies, and the business press celebrate a single number: GDP per capita. It is presented as a...
View ArticleIndia at Inflection Point for Viksit Bharat
As we get closer to entering 2025, we need to take a step back , reflect and then plan ahead. Let’s look at some data points to chart our future course. Between 2014 and 2024, India’s national debt...
View ArticleEconomy post-COVID
Dear Prof. Gupta, I finished reading your thought-provoking book ‘Tough Choices & Hard Decisions’ today. As usual, it is well written and easy read. It captures your passion for India’s growth and...
View ArticleIf only people had acted on time!
For those who think why India lags, here is an example of how bureaucracy stifles implementation of critical projects and programs which can take India decades ahead in terms of being an innovator....
View ArticleIndia needs to define its long-term strategy & pursue it
Despite the best efforts and pressures, USA has not been able to force or impress China to open its virtual world where America wants to dominate On top of it, China’s US dollar reserves are nearing...
View ArticleYour two minutes can make a big difference to education
Please fill in this survey , It will take less than 2 minutes to fill this important survey on education reforms . Please do share, and request your friends to fill the same. . Much indebted for this...
View ArticleEconomic Slowdown- A terrific opportunity for a radical change
Over the last few weeks, we have been reading about the economy slowing down with companies cutting production and piling up inventory and jobs being lost. Former RBI Governor Bimal Jalan called it a...
View ArticleYour vote is not enough
In this timely and comprehensive book, a professional with rare experience in policy making reminds us that merely casting our votes is never sufficient, we must be constantly involved with the...
View ArticleIt’s the workers that make the party and not the other way around
It’s the workers that make the party and not the other way around
View ArticleMy queries haunt the Chairman, KVIC & rather than addressing them, he is...
See the points raised in the Board meeting of National Khadi & Village Industries board on 6th April , 2018. I requested that we need ; White paper be made on ‘all aspects’ of institutional...
View ArticleHow the corrupt fall to the lowest level
This expose by a senior member of KVIC about how the Chairman , KVIC is doing wrongs and his harassing the honest on https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wkk44DPr3_Q&t=31s has rattled KVIC Chairman,...
View ArticleThis RTI exposed the reality of KVIC .
Read the RTI document first ; A & B ) Points to note, that 42.46 % of the artisans of KVIC are not Aadhaar Linked . Despite court orders and the orders for making cashless payments to Artisans ,...
View ArticleWhen i put my foot down on KVIC buying three expensive flats for Rs.23 crores...
From: “Prof. Rajendra Pratap Gupta ” <emailrajendra> Subject: Purchase of 3 expensive flats by KVIC for Rs. 23 crores Date: 8 March 2018 at 8:43:41 AM IST To: chairman kvic , commission cell ,...
View ArticleSFC meetings were a sham at KVIC till i took a tough stand
From: ram narayan Subject: Re: SFC meetings Date: 2 June 2017 at 12:53:04 PM IST To: Rajendra Pratap Gupta Reply-To: ram narayan Respected Sir, The directives/instructions as given by your...
View ArticleWhen you point mistakes , instead of correcting the mistakes , egoistic...
(Comments of Rajendra Pratap Gupta , Expert Member (Mktg) , KVIC on the proposed Khadi D’vidend project ) 01st, Feb, 2018 Hon’ble Members, KVIC, CEO, F.A. & Deputy CEOs. CC: PS to Hon’ble...
View Article‘Khadi Focus’ plan was a hastily drafted document, & when i pointed the...
October 15, 2017 Khadi Focus Plan Commission Cell – KVIC: I have reviewed the document ‘Project Khadi Focus’, and i have the following observations , concerns & suggestions . This is a supply-based...
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