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Digital India at 11: A Bold Blueprint for Sustainable UPI and Deeper Inclusion
Digital India’s eleventh anniversary marks a decisive transition from rapid expansion to institutional sustainability. UPI processed approximately 24,162 crore transactions worth ₹314 lakh crore in 2025–26, but maintaining this national infrastructure requires dependable funding, cybersecurity and customer support. A calibrated MDR framework could keep person-to-person transfers, small purchases and small-merchant payments free while allowing limited…
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Knowledge Without the Price Barrier: How Affordable Access Builds Stronger Societies
Knowledge should be treated as essential social infrastructure rather than a luxury reserved for those with substantial financial resources. This discussion explains how tuition, textbooks, subscriptions, technology, language, accessibility, and time combine to create barriers to meaningful learning. It examines open educational resources, libraries, open research, digital public infrastructure, translation, and community learning as practical…
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Bharat’s Infrastructure Boom Needs Real-Time Tracking Before Cities Break
Bharat has proved that it can build large infrastructure, but the next challenge is tracking how those assets perform after construction. Bengaluru’s lost lakes, blocked drainage channels and recurring floods show how small, poorly monitored changes can create major urban failures over time. The article explains why infrastructure governance must move from project completion to…
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Sridhar Vembu vs Ramachandra Guha: Powerful Lessons for India’s Political Debate
The exchange between Sridhar Vembu and Ramachandra Guha reveals a deeper debate about the quality of Indian political discourse. Vembu’s response challenged the tendency among some intellectual circles to treat hostility toward Narendra Modi, Amit Shah, and the BJP as a sign of seriousness. The controversy also raises important questions about development, governance, national security,…
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Bharat’s Urgent Sovereignty Test: AI, Starlink, and Resilient National Power
Bharat’s sovereignty challenge in the age of AI and Starlink is not limited to ownership of technology. It is about whether critical systems can continue to function during disruption, coercion, cyberattack, electronic warfare, or denial of access. The Ukraine conflict shows how commercial satellite networks can become decisive military infrastructure and also strategic vulnerabilities. Artificial…
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Surajya Abhiyan Launches Citizen Portal for Civic Grievances, Inaugurated by VHP’s Alok Kumar
On 9 April 2026, VHP International President Advocate Alok Kumar inaugurated the Surajya Abhiyan digital platform to streamline local civic grievance redressal and reduce administrative inefficiencies. The initiative emphasizes accountable, transparent governance with time-bound workflows, citizen-confirmed closures, and data-informed oversight. Designed for inclusion, it can support multilingual interfaces, assisted channels, and accessibility standards so that…
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Protecting Young Minds: HJS urges strict student screen-time limits to Goa CM Sawant
Hindu Janajagruti Samiti (HJS) has urged Goa CM Dr Pramod Sawant to adopt strict, evidence-informed limits on student screen time amid rising concerns about digital addiction. The analysis explains what constitutes problematic digital use, why adolescents are especially vulnerable, and how excess screen exposure harms sleep, attention, eye health, and learning. It outlines a practical,…
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India’s GDP Puzzle, Decoded: Formal–Informal Shifts, Volatile Deflators, and Smarter Metrics
India’s strong GDP prints often feel out of sync with daily experience. A simple two-sector lensformal jackets and informal juicesclarifies how Nominal versus Real GDP, base-year choices, and deflator arithmetic shape the headline number. Since 2011, lower inflation, rapid digitisation and formalisation, and shifting consumption patterns have strained older methods and proxies. As visibility of…
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The Complete Transformation of India: Discover Proven Breakthroughs Under Narendra Modi
India’s last decade has delivered a complete transformation in everyday experience, from seamless UPI payments to predictable travel and stronger public services. Structural reforms, infrastructure upgrades, and a clearer India-first foreign policy have advanced national capacity while improving governance outcomes. Security metrics have improved, insurgency has receded in key districts, and Article 370’s abrogation proceeded…
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Essential Breakthroughs: How Narendra Modi’s Decade Transformed IndiaMy Firsthand View
In this personal reflection, I share how India has become almost unrecognisable over the past decadepowered by essential breakthroughs in governance, the economy, and culture. From UPI and Direct Benefit Transfer to GST and an unapologetic India-first foreign policy, I trace the irreversible shifts that redefined stability and national confidence. I revisit the surprise abolition…
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G-21: FORGING THE FUTURE
In a reflective account of the G-20 Summit in New Delhi, this blog post extols the transformative impact and commitments made by global leaders for a sustainable future. Emphasizing India’s leadership, the narrative showcases Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s priorities and the summit’s key outcomes. It highlights critical issues addressed, such as climate change and geopolitical…