Narendra Modi

person on 14 shows · 26 statements across 12 episodes · said 299 times in 78 episodes since 2018

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26 statements about Narendra Modi, every show

WTF Opinion
Sharma: Competitive federalism is India's greatest strength and Modi's legacy priority
“I find this competitive federalism is India's greatest strength, and the more the center can allow that, if Modi really wants to leave behind a legacy, I think that in terms of, ah, this is where I would say, you know, should be the real priority.”
Ruchir Sharma Sep 3, 2025 ▶ 1:06:56 India vs. China vs. US: Who Wins the Next Decade? | WTF is Finance | Ep 1 ft. Ruchir Sharma · Nikhil Kamath
NEON SHOW Assertion Supported
Balasubramaniam: Gujarat Administration Took 14-16 Hours to Realize Morbi Dam Broke
“The fact is, 14 to 16 hours it took for the civil, civil administration to realize, This had happened, but the RSS had swung into action, and the RSS, it's got boots on the ground throughout India, and Modi led the relief, and he was there”
Dr. R. Balasubramaniam (Balu) Jan 17, 2025 ▶ 9:59 PM Modi's Childhood, RSS Philosophy, Morbi Disaster, Farm Laws & Article 370 | Dr R Balu | Neon Show
NEON SHOW Assertion Not checkable as stated
Balasubramaniam: Modi Personally Carried Bodies and Handled Mass Cremations in Morbi
“So Modi and a set of volunteers, and literally the volunteers when I interviewed them, some of them whom I could validate this information with, told me that he personally would carry the dead bodies, you know, with his colleagues and sometimes on his shoulder…”
Dr. R. Balasubramaniam (Balu) Jan 17, 2025 ▶ 10:35 PM Modi's Childhood, RSS Philosophy, Morbi Disaster, Farm Laws & Article 370 | Dr R Balu | Neon Show
NEON SHOW Assertion Supported
Balasubramaniam: Modi drove African Union inclusion into G20
“Bali, we couldn't get a G-Twenty declaration because what's happening around the world, the same countries, right? And we expanded and got African Union inside. What a masterstroke it was. How can you let out a bulk of humanity from a narrative of economic gro…”
Dr. R. Balasubramaniam (Balu) Jan 17, 2025 ▶ 56:34 PM Modi's Childhood, RSS Philosophy, Morbi Disaster, Farm Laws & Article 370 | Dr R Balu | Neon Show
WTF Assertion Supported
Modi: Traced and publicly felicitated all his childhood teachers as Gujarat CM
“سکول کے دوستوں کو بلاؤں بلایا دوسری میری اچھا تھی جو شاید ہندوستان کے لوگوں کے لئے عجیب ہوگا میرے من کرتا تھا کہ میں میرے سبھی تیچرز کو سارو جیرکل سے سمبان کروں گا تو مجھے بچپن سے جنہوں نے پڑھایا ہے اور سکولی سکھا تک جو بھی میرے تیچر رہے میں نے سب کو ڈھونڈا او…”
Narendra Modi Jan 10, 2025 ▶ 13:20 People with The Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi x Nikhil Kamath | Episode 6 | By WTF · Nikhil Kamath
WTF Insight
Modi: Authentic communication is far more important than formal oratory
“दूसरा मेरा मत है कि भाशन कला औरेटरी उससे भी जानदा महरतपून है कॉम्मिनिकेशन आप कॉम्मिनिकेट कैसे करते हैं”
Narendra Modi Jan 10, 2025 ▶ 24:41 People with The Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi x Nikhil Kamath | Episode 6 | By WTF · Nikhil Kamath
WTF Insight
Modi: Politics requires self-sacrifice and 'nation first', unlike entrepreneurship
“एंट्रेपरनर के पास जो पहली ट्रेनी होती है ग्रो करने की यहाँ पहली ट्रेनी होती है खुद को खपा देने की जो है वो भी दे देने की वहां पर मैं मेरा मेरी कमपनी या मेरा प्रोफिशन उसकी नमबर वन कैसे बने यहां होता है नेशन फर्स्ट”
Narendra Modi Jan 10, 2025 ▶ 26:36 People with The Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi x Nikhil Kamath | Episode 6 | By WTF · Nikhil Kamath
WTF Assertion Partly supported
Modi: Took personal responsibility for Chandrayaan-2 setback before ISRO scientists
“लेकि मैं सेटबेक से रोने दोने करके जिनी की गुजानने वालों मैं नहीं था। मैंने का मैं सुबह गया। और सभी साइन्टिस्टों को मैंने का अगर कोई फैलियर है तो जिम्मेवारी मेरी है। आपने प्रयास के आप निराश मत होगे।”
Narendra Modi Jan 10, 2025 ▶ 54:06 People with The Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi x Nikhil Kamath | Episode 6 | By WTF · Nikhil Kamath
WTF Assertion Supported
Modi: President Murmu Guided Creation of PM-JANMAN Tribal Welfare Scheme
“उन्होंने मुझे कई बार कहा कुछ करना है। मैंने उन्होंसे कहा कि आप मुझे गाइड कीजिए। तो उनके मारदर्शन में मेरे एक skim बनाई। पीम जन्मन योजना। अब ये लोग ज्यादा ज्यादा पचिस लाख लोग है। और वो भी डाइसो जगह पे हैं। पोलिट”
Narendra Modi Jan 10, 2025 ▶ 1:00:02 People with The Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi x Nikhil Kamath | Episode 6 | By WTF · Nikhil Kamath
WTF Opinion
Modi: His personal risk-taking capacity has not been fully utilized
“I think that my risk-taking capacity has not been fully utilized. It has been very low.”
Narendra Modi Jan 10, 2025 ▶ 1:09:23 People with The Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi x Nikhil Kamath | Episode 6 | By WTF · Nikhil Kamath
WTF Assertion Supported
Modi: Indian government eliminated around 40,000 regulatory compliances
“اس لئے ہم نے کیا کیا قریب چالیس ہزار کمپلائنسز ہم نے نکال دی ہے”
Narendra Modi Jan 10, 2025 ▶ 1:30:08 People with The Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi x Nikhil Kamath | Episode 6 | By WTF · Nikhil Kamath
WTF Disclosure
Modi: India is not neutral in global conflicts, it stands for peace
“जैसे इस क्राइसिस के समय हमने लगातार कहा है कि हम न्यूट्रल नहीं हैं मैं लगातार कहता हूँ हम न्यूट्रल नहीं हैं जो लोग कहते हैं हम न्यूट्रल हैं मैं न्यूट्रल नहीं हूँ मैं शान्ती के पक्ष में हूँ मेरा पक्ष है शान्ती और मैं उसके लिए जो प”
Narendra Modi Jan 10, 2025 ▶ 1:42:39 People with The Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi x Nikhil Kamath | Episode 6 | By WTF · Nikhil Kamath
WTF Opinion
Modi: Startups Have Gained Broad Cultural Prestige and Respect in India
“एक समय था, कि स्टार्ट अपर लब सर्वनाश्ट, आज स्टार्ट अप की एक प्रतिष्ठा बन गई है, एक क्रेडिविटर बन गई है, और इसलिए मैं मानता हूँ कि छोटे से गाउं में भी फेलियर भी होगा, तो लोग उसको आदर्स मानें, कि यार, दम वाला बच्चा ह”
Narendra Modi Jan 10, 2025 ▶ 1:56:49 People with The Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi x Nikhil Kamath | Episode 6 | By WTF · Nikhil Kamath
WTF Insight
Modi: Real political qualification is 24/7 vigilance, not university degrees
“When you become a politician, you need a lot of qualification. Every time you see thousands of eyes. If you get a word, then you get to meet your 10 years of age. Your You have to be aware of 24 by seven. You have to live with it. You have to be aware of unpre…”
Narendra Modi Jan 10, 2025 ▶ 2:01:30 People with The Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi x Nikhil Kamath | Episode 6 | By WTF · Nikhil Kamath
WTF Assertion Supported
Modi: India has around 50% reservation for women in local governance
“First of all, I would like to say to the mothers, daughters and young girls, that today in our country, there is almost every country, कम अधिक मातरा में हो लेकिर करीब फिप्टी परसेंट विमेन डिजर्वेशन है, पंचायत में, गार्पदान नगरपाली का, महानगरपाली का”
Narendra Modi Jan 10, 2025 ▶ 2:02:15 People with The Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi x Nikhil Kamath | Episode 6 | By WTF · Nikhil Kamath
NEON SHOW Assertion Supported
Garg: India's GDP growth in dollar terms was slower under Modi than UPA
“But the 10 year period of Narendra Modi from 2014 15 to 2023 24, it has gone up from 1.8 trillion To something close to 3.6 trillion. So it's little less than doubled. So while it was three times in those 10 years in dollar terms, it is about two times. So it …”
Subhash Chandra Garg Nov 27, 2024 ▶ 11:47 India's Road To $10 Trillion Economy With Subhash Garg, Former Secretary Of Economic Affairs
NEON SHOW Opinion
Sikri: Modi Government Limits Pakistan Engagement to Terror and POK
“So now I think Mr. Modi's government has decided is enough is enough. We're not going to waste our time with them. And therefore we are saying, well, you know, the only thing to discuss with them is how to stop terror and please return us to be okay.”
Rajiv Sikri Oct 26, 2024 ▶ 12:40 Rajiv Sikri Former MEA Secretary On India-US Relations, Pakistan's Decline & Bangladesh
NEON SHOW Opinion
Sikri: Modi's mediation efforts in the Ukraine war have no practical impact
“It's only when the Americans are ready and the Russians are ready That there'll be a settlement. Mr. Modi can go and talk to Putin and Zelensky and so forth and convey messages, but it has no practical impact.”
Rajiv Sikri Oct 26, 2024 ▶ 45:28 Rajiv Sikri Former MEA Secretary On India-US Relations, Pakistan's Decline & Bangladesh
NEON SHOW Assertion Supported
Tata Trusts partnered with Assam to build seven cancer hospitals
“Assam there were seven hospitals that were inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi just a couple of years ago. And these are hospitals coming up with the Tata Trust and the state governments Playing a collaborative role with each other.”
Harish Bhat Aug 23, 2024 ▶ 29:08 JAMSETJI TATA: How The Legend Built Tata (Taj Hotel, TATA Tea, Air India, And Tanishq) | Harish Bhat
NEON SHOW Assertion Supported
Kant: India achieved 100% consensus in the G20 New Delhi Leaders' Declaration
“Bharat ne, ah, prithahan mantri menteri ji ki leadership mein, sot pratishat prathishat consensus build up kiya, sare major issues pe, aur russia, ukrain issues pe, jis pe, UN kuchh charcha ni kar paaya tha, ham eek consensus bana kar, aagye badehen, aur bhara…”
Amitabh Kant Apr 27, 2024 ▶ 39:13 G20 Sherpa Amitabh Kant On UPSC, Working With PM Modi, Incredible India & Amrit Kaal I Neon Show
NEON SHOW What-if
Space and drone sectors opened solely due to PM Modi's tech passion
“That is why India has been able to open up geospatial sector, space sector, drone sector. All these sectors would have never got opened up but for his passion for technology.”
Amitabh Kant Apr 27, 2024 ▶ 52:46 G20 Sherpa Amitabh Kant On UPSC, Working With PM Modi, Incredible India & Amrit Kaal I Neon Show
ALL-IN Opinion
Allison: Modi is undermining India's democracy by oppressing minorities
“Modi is basically undermining the multi-ethnic democracy that Nehru had built by Getting support from the majority by oppressing the minority.”
Graham Allison Sep 20, 2023 ▶ 18:11 All-In Summit: In conversation with Graham Allison
NEON SHOW Opinion
Pai: Narendra Modi did more for India's poor than any prior PM
“Prime Minister Modi has done more for the poor of this country than any prime minister in India's history.”
T. V. Mohandas Pai Aug 11, 2023 ▶ 16:03 Infosys Ex-CFO: Nehru Vs PM Modi, India’s Future, Corruption I Mohandas Pai on Neon Show
AMERICAN OPTIMIST Prediction Open · timeframe Mar 2033
Chambers predicts India will outgrow the world for the next decade
“You watch, ah, one economy that's gonna outgrow the rest of the world for the next decade, It'll be India. Wouldn't surprise me to see him grow in the nine to 11% range for a decade.”
John Chambers Mar 1, 2023 ▶ 28:48 John Chambers & Pankaj Patel Changed the World with Cisco. Now They're Doing It Again with Nile. · Joe Lonsdale
NEON SHOW Assertion Partly supported
Rajesh Jain paused his tech career in 2012 to work for Modi
“In 2012, I stopped because I started, I was doing some work on the political side, which I did for almost six, six and a half years. So at that time, I didn't want to write anything which would I could not be candid about what I was doing, and I did not want t…”
Rajesh Jain Feb 14, 2022 ▶ 54:49 Rajesh Jain On The Country’s First Dot-Com Acquisition For $115M!
CAPITAL ALLOCATORS Prediction Not checkable as stated
Narendra Modi Might Lift More People Out of Poverty Than China
“How many million people is Modi going to lift out of poverty? Right? I reckon it might be more than the Chinese have, but just whisper it.”
James Aitken Jun 25, 2018 ▶ 1:17:01 James Aitken – Macro Strategist Extraordinaire (Capital Allocators, EP.58)

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