From Gujarat to the Nation:
India’s Green Growth Journey

Over the last decade or so, nearly 27 crore people have been pulled out of extreme poverty. India has simultaneously risen to be the fourth-largest world economy. From being among the ‘Fragile Five’ economies to now pacing towards being the third-largest economy India has scripted a story of ‘dreaming big and delivering even bigger’. It is a story of executing ambition. And all this has been made possible due to the ‘Can Do’ approach of India’s Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi ji. The book ModiNomics captures in detail Modi ji’s ‘courage of hope’ and story of ‘matching action with ambition’ over 25 years – first as the Chief Minister and then as Prime Minister to a nation of 140 dreams, hopes and aspirations.

Offering a glimpse into Modi ji’s visionary leadership during his chief ministership, Shri Sameer Kochhar writes, “As Chief Minister Modi’s tenure in Gujarat progressed, a distinct administrative style emerged – one combining business-like efficiency with visionary zeal. He was often described as a ‘man in a hurry’, impatient to get things done and done right. In bureaucratic meetings, he would zero in on execution details: ‘Great policy, but who is monitoring it on the ground? What is the timeline? Where are the bottlenecks?’ These questions he would throw at officials. Narendra Modi’s administrative persona also combined strict accountability with motivational leadership. He could be a hard taskmaster – bureaucrats in Gujarat learned quickly that monthly review meetings meant coming fully prepared with facts and figures at their fingertips.”

This book is a must read for those trying to understand how India scripted the story of an economic
turnaround – from ‘Fragile Five’ to world’s largest fastest growing economy.