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The Fiscal Choices Shaping India: Maharashtra, Gujarat and Punjab Compared
State budgets are central to India’s ambition of becoming Viksit Bharat by 2047 because states deliver many of the public services and infrastructure that determine everyday development. This analysis compares Maharashtra, Gujarat and Punjab using harmonised 2024-25 budget estimates, later actuals and NITI Aayog’s Fiscal Health Index. Gujarat recorded the strongest capital orientation, while Maharashtra…
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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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T20 WC 2026 Final Shock: Urgent SIT Sought to Dismantle ₹10,000‑Crore Betting Syndicate
Reports of a ₹10,000‑crore illegal betting syndicate during the T20 World Cup 2026 final have prompted Surajya Abhiyan to demand an urgent Special Investigation Team (SIT) probe. This analysis explains how such rackets operate through high‑tech apps, offshore servers, and complex payment layering via mule accounts, hawala, and crypto. It outlines the Indian legal frameworkfrom…
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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…