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Governance Reforms Under Modi: Before 2014 vs After 2014 Comparison
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Governance Reforms Under Modi: Before 2014 vs After 2014 Comparison

Having covered nineteen individual governance reforms across this category, from GST to the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code to Aadhaar-based welfare delivery, this final article pulls those…

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Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission: Building India’s Health ID and Digital Records System
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Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission: Building India’s Health ID and Digital Records System

Distinct from the Ayushman Bharat health insurance scheme covered in our earlier article on the government's scheme list, the Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission is a separate…

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NITI Aayog vs Planning Commission: Why Modi Replaced It
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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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