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NITI Aayog vs Planning Commission: Why Modi Replaced It
Governance & Reforms

NITI Aayog vs Planning Commission: Why Modi Replaced It

Our earlier article on Modi's impact on Indian federalism touched briefly on NITI Aayog's replacement of the Planning Commission as one element of a broader centre-state…

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GeM Portal: How Modi’s Government Digitised Public Procurement
Governance & Reforms

GeM Portal: How Modi’s Government Digitised Public Procurement

Government purchasing, everything from office supplies to major equipment contracts, has traditionally been a complex, often opaque process in India, with smaller businesses frequently finding it…

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Single Window Clearance: How Modi Simplified Business Approvals
Governance & Reforms

Single Window Clearance: How Modi Simplified Business Approvals

Starting a business in India historically required navigating a maze of separate approvals from different central and state government departments, each with its own application process,…

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Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita: How Modi’s Government Replaced the IPC
Governance & Reforms

Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita: How Modi’s Government Replaced the IPC

For 163 years, India's criminal justice system operated under the Indian Penal Code, a law originally drafted during British colonial rule. From July 1, 2024, Modi's…

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Mission Karmayogi: Reforming India’s Civil Service Training
Governance & Reforms

Mission Karmayogi: Reforming India’s Civil Service Training

India's civil service, one of the largest bureaucracies in the world, has historically relied on training approaches that critics argued were fragmented and insufficiently tied to…

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DigiLocker and E-Governance: How Modi Digitised Government Services
Governance & Reforms

DigiLocker and E-Governance: How Modi Digitised Government Services

Alongside UPI and Aadhaar, covered in detail in our earlier articles on Modi's digital governance legacy, a broader set of e-governance platforms have reshaped how Indians…

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Bank Mergers Under Modi: How Public Sector Banks Were Consolidated
Governance & Reforms

Bank Mergers Under Modi: How Public Sector Banks Were Consolidated

India entered the Modi era with 27 separate public sector banks, many of them individually undercapitalised and burdened with significant bad loans. Between 2017 and 2020,…

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Corporate Tax Cut 2019: How It Aimed to Boost Indian Industry
Governance & Reforms

Corporate Tax Cut 2019: How It Aimed to Boost Indian Industry

In September 2019, facing a period of slowing economic growth, Modi's government announced one of the largest corporate tax rate cuts in India's recent history. This…

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Jan Vishwas Act: How Modi’s Government Decriminalised Minor Offences
Governance & Reforms

Jan Vishwas Act: How Modi’s Government Decriminalised Minor Offences

Our earlier article on Modi's administrative and governance reforms legacy touched briefly on the Jan Vishwas Act as one thread within a broader reform philosophy. This…

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