On the evening of March 24, 2020, Modi told the country in a television address that a strict nationwide lockdown would begin at midnight, hours later.…
Launched in August 2014 and mentioned briefly in our article on Modi's first 100 days, Jan Dhan Yojana set out to solve a basic but massive…
Launched on October 2, 2014, and covered briefly in our article on Modi's first 100 days in office, Swachh Bharat Abhiyan became one of the largest…
A demand that outlasted more than a dozen changes of government finally became policy in November 2015. This article covers what One Rank One Pension actually…
A practice that had existed in some form for centuries became a criminal offence in India in 2019, following a legislative process that took nearly two…
On January 22, 2024, Modi stood at the centre of a ceremony three decades and multiple Supreme Court rulings in the making. This article covers his…
Rarely does an Indian government reverse a major legislative decision entirely. In November 2021, Modi's government did exactly that, repealing three farm laws it had passed…
Few laws passed during Modi's government have generated as sustained and visible a protest movement as the Citizenship Amendment Act. This article covers exactly what the…
Twelve days after a suicide bombing killed dozens of Indian security personnel, Indian fighter jets crossed into Pakistani airspace for the first time since the 1971…