![]() ![]() ![]() Rank last year: 4 BJP National President JP Nadda (Express Photo by Prem Nath Pandey)ĭespite the BJP’s electoral loss in his home state, Himachal Pradesh, JP Nadda escaped almost unscathed as the BJP gave him an extension until June 2024 as national president. She likes listening to Hindustani and Carnatic classical music.ħ) JP Nadda, National President, Bharatiya Janata Party With global slowdown and rising interest rate cycle, the impact on India’s growth, especially amid subdued exports and demand, is going to be keenly watched. Her big idea was to raise the tax threshold to Rs 7 lakh a year from Rs 5 lakh a year, which means a lot to those joining the workforce or the just retired. In the Budget for next year, her focus on fiscal prudence continues with no splurging of funds in populist schemes. That has held her in good stead and helped prepare for the marathon. Part of the core team of the Narendra Modi-led government, she resisted pressure from a section within her own ministry to be fiscally liberal. She has been at the forefront in asking the industry to step up private investments in a bid to boost growth.Īs the country’s first full-time woman finance minister, she has presented five consecutive Budgets so far. He plans to complete 5G deployment in 2023.Įmerging from the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic, Nirmala Sitharaman led the charge to announce relief measures for the economy along with renewing the focus on growth through higher productive capital spending. So far, he has launched 5G services in over 250 cities across the county. Recently, Ambani picked up a 50 per cent stake in the 100-year-old beverage maker Sosyo Hajoori Beverages.Īmbani has started rolling out 5G services in major cities. He also collaborated with Meta to launch JioMart on WhatsApp. The richest Indian, according to Forbes and Bloomberg, Mukesh Ambani has continued to acquire and form joint ventures to strengthen his position in various areas, including textile, renewable energy, drone technology and toy manufacturing. Rank last year: 5 Mukesh Ambani, Chairman and Managing Director of Reliance Industries. He enjoys cooking a good meal for friends.ĩ) Mukesh Ambani, Chairman, Reliance Industries Ltd With China continuing to flex its muscle on the Line of Actual Control (LAC) and no progress in military-level talks on friction points at Depsang Plains and Charding Nala in eastern Ladakh, Doval’s role in defusing the situation and ensuring an eventual de-escalation at the border will remain crucial. It has been seen as Doval’s unique position as a valuable interlocutor in the Indian government and an acknowledgement of his vast experience in regional security issues, especially in matters related to Afghanistan. His recent visit to Russia, where he held a meeting with President Vladimir Putin, was one of the rare occasions when foreign officials were granted a meeting with the embattled President. ![]() Yet, politics remains the grist to the power mill - especially as the countdown begins to Elections 2024. That would be Rs 1,046 crore, and climbing. ![]() The 57-year-old superstar is right back at the top, a year after his son’s arrest on drug charges that fell in court, having given the Indian film industry one of its biggest hits. Not surprisingly, it is in the form of Shah Rukh Khan, the Pathaan who did not crawl. 33, by a report from a little-known short-selling firm.īollywood, the much-vaunted soft power, much-maligned for being too soft, comes in only at No. On the other side of this spectrum is Gautam Adani, left poorer by several billion dollars and 26 ranks, to No. Most new entrants are either players in the coming election-packed year, or those, like Mallikarjun Kharge and Eknath Shinde to Delhi L-G Vinai Kumar Saxena, who have seen a change in fortunes. Union minister Ashwini Vaishnaw, an unknown till Modi picked him in 2021, has settled comfortably into his prominent portfolios, thus climbing 30 places to No. 32 to 17, riding on both shrill Hindutva and skilled electioneering, powering the party in the Northeast. The other BJP face with a sharp rise is Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma, who zooms from No. ![]()
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