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Corporate Tax Cut 2019: How It Aimed to Boost Indian Industry
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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
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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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PM Gati Shakti: Inside India’s Infrastructure Master Plan
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PM Gati Shakti: Inside India’s Infrastructure Master Plan

A common, long-standing complaint about Indian infrastructure planning involved poor coordination between different agencies, a newly paved road dug up weeks later by a different department…

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One Nation One Election: Modi’s Proposal Explained
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One Nation One Election: Modi’s Proposal Explained

India currently holds Lok Sabha and state assembly elections on separate, staggered schedules, meaning some part of the country is almost always either voting or preparing…

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New Labour Codes: How Modi’s Government Simplified Labour Laws
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New Labour Codes: How Modi’s Government Simplified Labour Laws

India's labour law framework had, for decades, consisted of 29 separate central laws covering different aspects of employment, wages, industrial relations, and workplace safety, a fragmented…

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RERA Explained: How Modi’s Real Estate Law Protects Homebuyers
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RERA Explained: How Modi’s Real Estate Law Protects Homebuyers

Before 2016, Indian homebuyers had few effective legal protections against builders who delayed projects for years, diverted buyer payments to other developments, or delivered units that…

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e-Courts Mission: How Modi’s Government Digitised India’s Judicial System
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e-Courts Mission: How Modi’s Government Digitised India’s Judicial System

India's courts have long struggled with enormous case backlogs, and the e-Courts Mission represents a sustained, multi-phase effort to bring digital case management, virtual hearings, and…

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Aadhaar-Based Governance: How Modi Used Aadhaar for Reform
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Aadhaar-Based Governance: How Modi Used Aadhaar for Reform

Aadhaar, India's biometric identity system, was actually launched in 2009 under the previous UPA government, but its use as the foundational identity layer across a wide…

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Direct Benefit Transfer: How Modi’s DBT System Cut Leakages
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Direct Benefit Transfer: How Modi’s DBT System Cut Leakages

Direct Benefit Transfer, the system of routing government welfare payments straight into beneficiaries' bank accounts rather than through traditional physical distribution channels, has become one of…

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