For Modi, it's time to take bigger steps

SATOSHI IWAKI, Nikkei staff writerDecember 25, 2014 00:00 JST | India

NEW DELHI -- Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who took office in May, became furious upon checking the punctuality of the country's bureaucrats.

"Only 20% show up on time," he said. "We don't need civil servants who don't do their work."