Asutosh Dixit

Russian President Putin says he was surprised when Prime Minister Modi told him that India has 1.5 billion people, with 700 million speaking Hindi and the rest speaking different languages, still they all live together peacefully. India keeps surprising us.

⚓ India–South Korea Bilateral Engagement | Advancing Maritime Cooperation Shri Susanta Kumar Purohit, IRSEE, Chairperson, Paradip Port Authority (PPA), engaged with the high-level delegation from HD Hyundai Heavy Industries and HD Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering, led by Mr. Sangkyun Lee, Vice Chairman & CEO, HD Hyundai Heavy Industries. The delegation included senior executives representing production, corporate planning and global business divisions of the two organisations. The engagement focused on exploring avenues for cooperation in shipbuilding, maritime technology and port sector development, while strengthening India–South Korea maritime partnerships and advancing shared priorities for sustainable maritime growth. @PMOIndia @sarbanandsonwal @Shantanu_bjp @shipmin_india @CMO_Odisha @PIB_ShipMin @PIB_India @PIBodisha @susanta35 #ParadipPort #ParadipPortAuthority #IndiaSouthKorea #HDHyundai #MaritimeCooperation #MaritimeIndia

Mumbai is healing fastest among all. Slum redevelopment has caught pace.

I’m always amazed by Subroto Bagchi’s talks. Here he is in Bengaluru, sharing how Odisha’s World Skill Center was born from a failed idea. He also recalls how Singapore’s President visited WSC in Bhubaneswar, and how PM Modi met an Odia girl among 40 Odisha students interning in Singapore. What a journey for Odisha! PS: Subroto Bagchi served Odisha for 7 years as Chairman of the Odisha Skill Development Authority (2016-2023), with a token salary of just Rs 1 per year.

One outrage I see is over the speculated NALCO proposal for an aluminium plant in Andhra Pradesh using bauxite from Odisha. We protest when plants go outside Odisha, and we also protest when they come to Odisha. Look at AP. They wholeheartedly welcome industries. But in Odisha, AC-room activists complain about the environment, water, and everything else. Either we welcome industries or go back to farming(with ହଳ ଲଙ୍ଗଳ). We cannot just keep complaining about everything.

Bullet-train corridors. Automotive plants. Heavy manufacturing.🚄🏭 $5.71 billion in a single quarter. A potential ₹8–10 lakh crore follow-through. ✨️💱 Their clear ask: “We don’t want tax concessions. We want tax predictability.” Tokyo’s biggest manufacturing and rail bet yet for India in underway. And what it will take to lock it in: • Beyond portfolio churn: Led by Mitsubishi corporate adviser Ken Kobayashi with senior leadership from Honda and Mizuho, this is patient, balance-sheet capital aimed at core industrial capacity: mega manufacturing hubs, automotive expansions, and next-gen high-speed rail corridors (Delhi–Varanasi and Varanasi–Siliguri). In Q1 FY27 Japan quietly overtook Singapore and the US to become India’s largest FDI source at $5.71 billion, nearly 29% of total equity inflows. • Tax predictability over concessions: The 32-member JCCI delegation was unambiguous. They are not seeking special subsidies or carve-outs. They want regulatory consistency, retrospective tax certainty, and rapid administrative clearances. Global capital can price commercial risk. It flees bureaucratic ambiguity. • The phased monetisation formula: A practical takeaway for mega-infrastructure: Japanese leadership pushed for sequential phases so commercial operations can start early instead of waiting for full-line completion. This de-risks financing, unlocks intermediate cash flows, and makes ₹2 lakh crore+ projects bankable. • The deep-tier skill chokepoint The delegation flagged a critical gap: India’s shortage of high-precision technical manpower in advanced manufacturing. Activating the India-Japan Human Resource Exchange Action Plan to train 500,000 personnel over five years is the missing bridge between capital intent and shop-floor execution. Patient Japanese capital is the ultimate sovereign hedge against volatile global flows. Converting intent into plants requires speed, contract sanctity, and deep technical capability. @DPIITGoI @JapaninIndia @investindia By @pksahu #MakeInIndia #FDI #Infrastructure #HighSpeedRail #IndoJapan