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Claim: Modi has set India back by 40 years during his four-year tenure – Raghuram Rajan (SOCIAL MEDIA POST, 2023-06-18)
Evidence (2024-05-14): The common thread, according to those who know him, is a belief that he’s been divinely chosen to restore India’s historical place as a Hindu nation by rectifying centuries of subjugation, from the conquests of Muslim emperors who produced the Taj Mahal and Old Delhi’s Red Fort to the period of British colonization that ended in 1947. During his annual Independence Day speech last August, Modi declared that India was "at the milestone between 1,000 years of slavery and 1,000 years of a grand future that is about to come." [...] His tenure has seen the emergence of a more confident India, willing to hold its corner in a rapidly fragmenting geopolitical order. It has also appeared, at times, reckless in handling perceived threats to territorial integrity. Canadian police this month charged four Indian nationals with first-degree murder in the death of a Sikh separatist activist and said officers are actively investigating links to Modi’s government, which has dismissed the allegation as "absurd." India has separately blamed a "rogue operative" for a foiled murder plot against a Sikh activist that prompted US authorities to file charges. [...] Asked in a recent TV interview whether he would contest elections in 2029, Modi said: "No country should run on one man." But he did not rule out standing for a fourth term. At a public forum in March, he drew applause by saying he was preparing for India’s 100th anniversary in 2047, a target date for Modi to turn the nation into a developed country.
Claim: Modi has set India back by 40 years during his four-year tenure – Raghuram Rajan (SOCIAL MEDIA POST, 2023-06-18)
Evidence (2024-05-16): Narendra Modi’s India: A decade of popularity and polarisation [...] "Mr Modi has done great work. We haven't seen poor people getting so many welfare benefits under any other government," he says. [...] Mr Modi has been helped by the absence of a strong, coherent opposition to challenge him nationally - when he's looked vulnerable they have failed to capitalise.
Claim: Modi has set India back by 40 years during his four-year tenure – Raghuram Rajan (SOCIAL MEDIA POST, 2023-06-18)
Evidence (2024-06-19): Modi Still Has Great-Power Ambitions for India [...] Second is India’s failure to harness its significant demographic dividend by providing gainful employment to its vast working-age population. To take advantage of this youth bulge, the country needs to generate close to 1 million jobs per month. This has eluded successive governments, including that of Modi during both his terms since 2014. The failure to generate suitable employment for a surging youth population can in part be attributed to dubious economic policies. For example, unlike China, India has failed to invest in large-scale manufacturing to create well-paying factory jobs; instead, it developed a robust service sector that can only employ a small segment of the eligible population. [...] For the most part, Modi has managed to ride the Hindu nationalist wave to bolster his political standing at home. But based on the latest election results, the tide may be ebbing. Modi is a deft politician and may refocus his energies on economic development and social welfare schemes—as he did for much of his first term—in his own quest for electoral dividends. If the BJP-led government changes course and downplays the significance of Hindu nationalism, India may move closer to realizing its long-held dream of emerging as a great power.
Claim: Modi has set India back by 40 years during his four-year tenure – Raghuram Rajan (SOCIAL MEDIA POST, 2023-06-18)
Evidence (2024-06-08): Narendra Modi has raised India’s stature on the global stage like no other recent leader of the world’s most populous country. [...] But the election results also place Modi in a radically different position from the one he enjoyed during his first decade in power. [...] "India coming back as a proper democracy is good for the world order in many senses," he added. But "it all depends how Modi will play this game."
Claim: Modi has set India back by 40 years during his four-year tenure – Raghuram Rajan (SOCIAL MEDIA POST, 2023-06-18)
Evidence (2024-10-07): Modi’s journey from three-term chief minister of Gujarat to two-term Prime Minister of India (he is in his third term now) has been characterised by bold initiatives, technological leaps, and a reimagining of India’s place on the global stage. Prime Minister Narendra Modi completes 23 years in public office on Monday, a tenure marked by a series of ambitious schemes and initiatives that many credit for being transformative, first in Gujarat and then India, especially in the areas of economic reform, sanitation, infrastructure and environment conservation. [...] Modi’s governance philosophy of "Vikas Bhi, Virasat Bhi" (Development as well as Heritage) has sought to balance cultural preservation with modern development. Projects like the restoration of the Kashi Vishwanath Corridor and the construction of the Ram Mandir, as well as the over 640 artefacts returned to India during Modi’s tenure are an example of the administration’s focus on these areas,
Claim: Modi has set India back by 40 years during his four-year tenure – Raghuram Rajan (SOCIAL MEDIA POST, 2023-06-18)
Evidence (2023-06-22): A social media post claiming that former RBI governor Raghuram Rajan has made some sharp comments critical of Prime Minister Modi is being widely circulated across social media platforms. In the post, Rajan asserts that Modi has set India back by 40 years during his four-year tenure and accuses him of being casteist. Through this article let’s fact-check the claim made in the post. [...] In the viral post, supposedly aimed at criticizing Modi, Raghuram Rajan, the former RBI Governor, is said to have highlighted the numerous accomplishments made by the country over the last 70 years under previous administrations. [...] To sum it up, no, Raghuram Rajan did not make comments criticizing Modi.
Claim: Modi has set India back by 40 years during his four-year tenure – Raghuram Rajan (SOCIAL MEDIA POST, 2023-06-18)
Evidence (2017-01-30): The evidence so far is that Mr Modi’s political instincts are correct. At least for the present, the population is willing to give him the benefit of the doubt, as demonstrated through opinion polls, from by-election results, and by the rather muted response of the opposition in the recently concluded winter session of parliament. Through this move Mr Modi has also started a national conversation for reform of political parties and election finance. He has not so far made specific moves in this area, generally seen as the font et origo of the black economy, and the associated wide pathology of criminals in political office in all political parties. [...] Through his speech on 8 November and his various public addresses since then Mr Modi has clearly embraced this initiative as a part of a transformational crusade, with considerable implications for his direct political accountability. Many observers (including the former RBI Governor Dr Rajan, when he was Chief Economist of the IMF) had questioned whether India could ever achieve its full potential through the incremental change characteristic of a constitutional democracy. After two years of relative economic caution, the demonetisation shock represents a decisive break with the past, though not perhaps what economists had in mind. The first and most important judgement will be political and will become evident in a matter of months. Partly dependent on that judgement, and on follow-up actions in the Budget, the full economic consequences will only become evident over the remainder of Mr Modi’s term.
Claim: Modi has set India back by 40 years during his four-year tenure – Raghuram Rajan (SOCIAL MEDIA POST, 2023-06-18)
Evidence (2023-02-13): When Rajan’s term as governor was drawing to a close by the middle of 2016, his Chicago colleague Luigi Zingales wrote about the anger he had engendered amongst India’s "great political and economic dynasties, who established their power on political connections, if not directly on corruption."35 Zingales chose to frame this tension between Rajan and big capital as a "fight against crony capitalism." Since this has now become such a widespread characterization of state-capital relations in countries like India, it’s worth returning to Venu’s point about the systemic nature of "cronyism" as well as Nayak’s assertion that "there is corruption in the system." [...] ↩Rajan cited Crabtree, Billionaire Raj, p.191.
Claim: Modi has set India back by 40 years during his four-year tenure – Raghuram Rajan (SOCIAL MEDIA POST, 2023-06-18)
Evidence (2024-04-04): Modi’s relationship with Adani began in 2002, after the pogrom in Gujarat, in which Hindu extremists killed some 2,000 people, mostly Muslims, with the connivance of Modi, then the state’s chief minister. Some members of the Confederation of Indian Industry called for Modi’s resignation. Others decided to support him and founded a new organisation, the Resurgent Group of Gujarat (RGG), with Adani, then 40, as its leader. [...] Even before Modi became chief minister, Gujarat’s policies were India’s most business-friendly. During his term, Modi extended the concessions they made, creating special economic zones (SEZs) and national investment and manufacturing zones (NIMZs), and transferring farmland to industry, exempting it from tax, and labour and environmental regulations. Cutting procedural corners became the norm. In 2008, when Ratan Tata abandoned the idea of building a car factory in West Bengal after peasant farmer protests, Modi reportedly offered him land in Gujarat with a one-word text: ‘Suswagatam’ (welcome). A grateful Tata called him ‘an extremely easy person to deal with – very informal, compatible and pleasant, and capable as well’ (2).
Claim: Modi has set India back by 40 years during his four-year tenure – Raghuram Rajan (SOCIAL MEDIA POST, 2023-06-18)
Evidence (2023-05-27): In 2011 and 2013, during Congress rule, India was ignominiously grouped among the "Fragile Five" emerging economies at merely the hint of a tightening of US monetary policy. Although the US policy interest rate didn’t actually rise in either year, the rupee depreciated 15% within 6 months on both occasions. Between 2016 and 2019, with Modi ruling India, the US Fed Funds rate rose 225bp, but there was little impact on India’s external balances or the rupee. And when the US Fed Funds rate rose a further 500bp over the past 14 months (the fastest increase in 40 years), India stood out as a paragon of stability among emerging economies. [...] The last four years did encompass the Covid-19 pandemic, during which India suffered its worst annual economic contraction since Independence—real GDP declining 5.8% in FY2021. The imposition of a complete lockdown (except for agriculture) in the final week of Mar’20 was, perhaps, an excessive response, at a time when India was suffering barely 500 daily cases of Covid-19. But epidemiologists were warning that 300-500 million Indians would contract the coronavirus by July 2020, and that up to 2.5 million would die. India’s actual death toll was 0.53 million (primarily in the second wave a year later), but would probably have been much worse in 2020 without the lockdown.
Claim: Modi has set India back by 40 years during his four-year tenure – Raghuram Rajan (SOCIAL MEDIA POST, 2023-06-18)
Evidence (2024-01-01): In charts: how India has changed under Narendra Modi was Dkr4188 now Dkr1999 for your first year, equivalent to Dkr166.58 per month. Make up your own mind. Build robust opinions with the FT’s trusted journalism. Take this offer before 24 October.
Claim: Modi has set India back by 40 years during his four-year tenure – Raghuram Rajan (SOCIAL MEDIA POST, 2023-06-18)
Evidence (2020-01-10): Modi’s geopolitical gambits haven’t just put India in the global headlines for the wrong reasons. They’ve distracted his team from its economic-upgrade mandate. Modi’s shock move in August to strip Muslim-majority Kashmir of its special status was positively Trumpian. A controversial citizenship law that excludes Muslims is fueling protests around the nation. [...] The mere suggestion Modi’s India is going full circle—back to the tepid-growth days of the 1970s—is a bitter pill to swallow. Even if it does end up being hyperbole, there can be little doubt India isn’t where Modi boosters thought it would be in 2020. [...] In September 2016, Modi dumped globally respected economist Raghuram Rajan, but his repalcement Urjit Patel, it turned out, wasn’t compliant enough and by December 2018 was replaced by Shaktikanta Das. Since then, Das has steadily cut benchmark rates.
Claim: Modi has set India back by 40 years during his four-year tenure – Raghuram Rajan (SOCIAL MEDIA POST, 2023-06-18)
Evidence (2022-04-04): At the time in 2015, the RBI governor was Raghuram Rajan, an appointee of the previous, Congress-led government. The BJP government chose Urjit Patel as Rajan’s successor. [...] Some economists accused Patel of letting Modi railroad the RBI into approving one of the biggest domestic economic disasters and denting the central bank’s autonomy. Rajan would later claim that the government had consulted the RBI during his tenure on demonetisation but never asked it for the nod.
Claim: Modi has set India back by 40 years during his four-year tenure – Raghuram Rajan (SOCIAL MEDIA POST, 2023-06-18)
Evidence (2023-12-11): Capitalisn’t: Raghuram Rajan’s Vision of an Indian Path to Development - December 11, 2023 - CBR - Capitalisnt [...] Raghuram Rajan: I really think India needs to rethink its development path. And I think if it does all this, here is a coherent path which is different—I want to emphasize—from the path we are currently on. [...] Where I agree with Raghuram for sure is where he says that India is at a crossroads, firstly, and it needs to rethink its approach moving forward. Specifically, where I think his ideas are interesting are in the notions of telemedicine, for the consulting industry to move from the back office to the front office, and then maybe even exporting educational services. And I certainly think the points he makes about democracy more broadly are something we all need to keep in mind, especially as we talk about in the podcast a lot how that intersects with economic growth in general.
Claim: Modi has set India back by 40 years during his four-year tenure – Raghuram Rajan (SOCIAL MEDIA POST, 2023-06-18)
Evidence (2020-09-21): 7 Arvind Subramanian and Josh Felman, "India’s Great Slowdown: What Happened? What’s the Way Out?," CID Faculty Working Paper no. 370, December 2019, https://www.hks.harvard.edu/sites/default/files/centers/cid/files/publications/faculty-working-papers/2019-12-cid-wp-369-indian-growth-diagnosis-remedies-final.pdf?mod=article_inline. [...] 10 About the ongoing slowdown, this argument was made, among others, by Raghuram Rajan. See: Raghuram Rajan, "India’s Economy: How Did We Get Here and What Can be Done?," O.P. Jindal Lectures, Brown University, October 11, 2019, https://brown.hosted.panopto.com/Panopto/Pages/Viewer.aspx?id=b81766a1-0389-4b5e-9289-aadf01070920. [...] 19 Abhijit Banerjee, "Comments" on Raghuram Rajan’s "India’s Economy: How Did We Get Here and What Can be Done?," O.P. Jindal Lectures, Brown University, October 11, 2019, https://brown.hosted.panopto.com/Panopto/Pages/Viewer.aspx?id=b81766a1-0389-4b5e-9289-aadf01070920.
Claim: Sangeeta Phogat suffered a devastating 0-10 defeat in the Hungary Ranking Series tournament (SOCIAL MEDIA POST, 2023-07-16)
Evidence (2023-07-16): Despite a 10-0 loss in the first round against US wrestler Jennifer Page Rogers, Sangeeta Phogat made a strong comeback and eventually won the Bronze Medal for India at the Hungary Ranking Series tournament. Hence, the claim made in the post is Misleading.
Claim: Sangeeta Phogat suffered a devastating 0-10 defeat in the Hungary Ranking Series tournament (SOCIAL MEDIA POST, 2023-07-16)
Evidence (2023-07-18): While Phogat faced an initial defeat in the Hungary Ranking Series, she later secured a bronze medal. Claims suggesting a complete loss are misleading. On July 15, Sangeeta Phogat, one of the wrestlers who protested against the Wrestling Federation of India chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh, suffered a 10-0 defeat against the US’s Jennifer Page Rogers during a wrestling event in Budapest, Hungary. In its aftermath, many criticised Phogat, taunting her participation in the protests. However, she also won two other matches in the event and even scored the bronze medal. [...] Mint’s report stated that although Phogat faced initial setbacks in the tournament, she bounced back with a resounding victory over another American wrestler, Brenda Olivia Reyna, in the third round. In the semifinals, Phogat suffered a 6-4 defeat to Magdalena Urszula Glodek of Poland and entered the bronze medal match. She won the bronze playoff with a score of 6-2 against Viktoria Borsos, the U-20 World Championship silver medalist from Hungary. All of Phogat’s matches at the Hungary Ranking Series were held on July 15.
Claim: Sangeeta Phogat suffered a devastating 0-10 defeat in the Hungary Ranking Series tournament (SOCIAL MEDIA POST, 2023-07-16)
Evidence (2023-07-16): Sangeeta wins bronze at Hungary Ranking Series Budapest, July 15: Sangeeta Phogat, one of the six wrestlers who protested against WFI chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh at Jantar Mantar, on Saturday won a bronze medal in the non-Olympic 59kg category that featured six grapplers at the Hungary Ranking Series tournament here. [...] Two-time World Championships medalist wrestler Vinesh Phogat has reportedly pulled out of the Ranking Series tournament in Budapest late on Friday night, citing fever and food poisoning.
Claim: Sangeeta Phogat suffered a devastating 0-10 defeat in the Hungary Ranking Series tournament (SOCIAL MEDIA POST, 2023-07-16)
Evidence (2023-07-16): Sangeeta Phogat on Saturday dedicated her bronze medal in the non-Olympic 59kg category that featured six wrestlers at the Hungary Ranking Series tournament to "all those who are fighting crime against women". Sangeeta and her husband Bajrang Punia, the Tokyo Olympics bronze medallist sat at New Delhi's Jantar Mantar on a month-long protest against the former WFI President Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh, who has sexual harassment charges levelled against him by multiple female wrestlers. [...] आप सभी के बधाई के संदेश मुझ तक पहुँच रहे हैं इस पल पर बहुत भावुक हूँ। आप सभी का बहुत बहुत शुक्रिया। यह मेडल सिर्फ़ मेरा नहीं है। सब आप सभी का मेडल है मैं इस मेडल को दुनिया की उन सभी संघर्षशील महिलाओं को समर्पित करती हूँ जो महिलाओं के विरुद्ध हुए अपराधों के ख़िलाफ़ संघर्षरत हैं।... pic.twitter.com/FyJnqhaHVZ - Sangeeta Phogat (@sangeeta_phogat) July 15, 2023 Sangeeta, who won the National Championship in the 62kg last year, began with a defeat by fall against American Jennifer Page Rogers in a contest lasted just 80 seconds. In her next bout against America's Brenda Olivia Reyna, the Indian managed to shake off rust and was quick with her movement. She went into the break with a 4-2 lead and kept consolidating to finally win the bout by technical superiority. One win and one defeat in a six-wrestler draw put her in the semifinal against Poland's Magdalena Urszula Glodek.
Claim: Sangeeta Phogat suffered a devastating 0-10 defeat in the Hungary Ranking Series tournament (SOCIAL MEDIA POST, 2023-07-16)
Evidence (2023-07-15): Sangeeta Phogat, one of the six wrestlers who protested against WFI chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh at Jantar Mantar, on Saturday won a bronze medal in the non-Olympic 59kg category that featured six grapplers at the Hungary Ranking Series tournament here. Sangeeta began with a crushing defeat by fall but bounced back with a win in her second bout. She lost her semifinal but won the bronze play-off 6-2 against young Hungarian Viktoria Borsos, the U-20 World Championship silver medallist. Sangeeta, who won the National Championship in the 62kg last year, began with a defeat by fall against American Jennifer Page Rogers.
Claim: Sangeeta Phogat suffered a devastating 0-10 defeat in the Hungary Ranking Series tournament (SOCIAL MEDIA POST, 2023-07-16)
Evidence (2023-07-15): BUDAPEST: Sangeeta Phogat, one of the six wrestlers who protested against WFI chief [...] Sangeeta began with a crushing defeat by fall but bounced back with a win in her second bout. She lost her semifinal but won the bronze play-off 6-2 against young Hungarian Viktoria Borsos, the U-20 World Championship silver medallist. Sangeeta, who won the National Championship in the 62kg last year, began with a defeat by fall against American Jennifer Page Rogers.
Claim: Sangeeta Phogat suffered a devastating 0-10 defeat in the Hungary Ranking Series tournament (SOCIAL MEDIA POST, 2023-07-16)
Evidence (2024-10-09): Budapest [Hungary], July 16 (ANI): Two-time world championships medallist Sangeeta Phogat clinched a bronze medal in the 59kg category at the Budapest Ranking Series 2023 on Saturday. Sangeeta was among the wrestlers who protested against Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) chief Brij Bhushan Singh, against whom allegations of sexual harassment were made earlier this year. This win marks her return to the mat on a commendable note by winning the bronze play-off by 6-2 against the crowd's favourite Hungarian, Viktoria Borsos, who is the U-20 World Championship silver medallist. Competing in the women’s 59kg, Sangeeta Phogat began the series with a defeat against USA’s Jennifer Page Rogers, in the first round. But she bounced back to register a victory against another American grappler, Brenda Olivia Reyna, via technical superiority in round three.
Claim: Sangeeta Phogat suffered a devastating 0-10 defeat in the Hungary Ranking Series tournament (SOCIAL MEDIA POST, 2023-07-16)
Evidence (2023-07-15): Sangeeta Phogat Wins Bronze At Hungary Ranking Series Wrestling Event Sangeeta Phogat lost her semifinal but won the bronze play-off 6-2 against young Hungarian Viktoria Borsos, the U-20 World Championship silver medallist. [...] Sangeeta Phogat, one of the six wrestlers who protested against WFI chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh at Jantar Mantar, on Saturday won a bronze medal in the non-Olympic 59kg category that featured six grapplers at the Hungary Ranking Series tournament. Sangeeta began with a crushing defeat by fall but bounced back with a win in her second bout. She lost her semifinal but won the bronze play-off 6-2 against young Hungarian Viktoria Borsos, the U-20 World Championship silver medallist. Sangeeta, who won the National Championship in the 62kg last year, began with a defeat by fall against American Jennifer Page Rogers.
Claim: Sangeeta Phogat suffered a devastating 0-10 defeat in the Hungary Ranking Series tournament (SOCIAL MEDIA POST, 2023-07-16)
Evidence (2023-07-16): Budapest: India's Sangeeta Phogat on a bronze medal in 59kg in the Polyák Imre & Varga János Memorial Ranking Series wrestling championship in Budapest, Hungary, beating Viktoria Borsos of Hungary in the third-fourth place match on Saturday. Sangeeta defeated her Hungarian opponent 6-2 in a win by decision (VPO1) in the third-fourth-place match. Sangeeta took the lead with a takedown move and though the Hungarian levelled the scores at 2-2, the Indian wrestler launched a fast and furious attack. Sangeeta, who is the wife of Olympic bronze medallist Bajrang Punia and sister of Commonwealth Games gold medalist Geeta Phogat, had reached the semifinals via the repechage rounds after starting her campaign with a crushing defeat by fall to Jennifer Page Rogers of the United States.