Damini Mehta

What are the main factors contributing to India’s growth?

June 23, 2023

Two of the most important factors contributing to India’s growth are its technological and digital progress and skill bank. India has a very strong digital advantage when compared to the rest of the world with around 900 million of those in the working-age population having affordable internet access at $2.5/month...

How is India performing compared to other global economies?

June 23, 2023

India overtook the UK to become the fifth largest economy in 2022 and continues to be at the fifth position with a GDP of USD 3.75 Trillion. India overtook France in 2019, with a gap of around USD 100 billion and successfully widened this gap to USD 210 billion in...

Is India Inc. the “bright spot” in the global economic slowdown?

June 23, 2023

The Reserve Bank of India predicts that India will continue to maintain its position as the fifth-largest economy in the world in 2023. The report further said India is likely to become a USD 3.7 trillion economy in 2023 and will continue its lead, despite the slowdown in the global...

Poll-bound Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh

June 16, 2023

Three other big states due to go to polls before the Lok Sabha 2024 elections are Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, and Telangana. In Rajasthan, the incumbent Congress’ internal contradictions are proving difficult for the party, clearly giving away several weaknesses as Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot and party leader Sachin Pilot have...

Battle before 2024 Lok Sabha POLLS

June 16, 2023

Apart from the above states, Andhra Pradesh and Odisha are the other big states that will go to Assembly polls early next year before the Lok Sabha 2024 elections. For the incumbent BJP, winning the assembly elections in these crucial big states which together hold 156 Lok Sabha seats (including...

Telangana and Chhattisgarh: Battle for Odds

June 16, 2023

In Telangana, Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao (KCR)’s Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS), erstwhile Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS), will face a challenge from principal opposition Congress and distant fighter BJP. The 119-member assembly will go to elections in December 2023. In 2018, we saw the TRS decimate the Congress to single...

Karnataka: Changing winds in the South?

June 16, 2023

In Karnataka, the largest state that went to polls so far in 2023, elections were a decisive factor for both the BJP and the Congress. While the BJP lost its only bastion in the south, the INC, after a long time, recorded such a massive victory in a big state....

Setting the Stage: 2023 State Victories

June 16, 2023

Four states went to polls in early 2023 —Tripura, Meghalaya, Nagaland, and Karnataka. In Tripura, of the 60 seats in the Assembly, the BJP-Indigenous People’s Front of Tripura (IPFT) alliance won 33 seats, securing a second straight term as the INC-Left coalition managed just 14 seats. The state represents two...

Pit Stops Before 2024 LS polls

June 16, 2023

With the 2024 Lok Sabha elections less than a year away, political parties, both national and regional, are prepping to prove their mettle on the national electoral stage. Several parties have already begun campaigning for the elections in bigger states like Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, and Telangana due to witness Assembly...

Future-Ready Rail Network

June 12, 2023

As a result of the steps taken by the Indian Railways, the number of consequential train accidents decreased from 118 in 2013-14 to 22 in 2020-21, the lowest-ever figures in the history of Indian Railways. The introduction of the National Rail Plan (NRP) 2030 to cater to traffic requirements up...

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