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Prime Minister Narendra Modi has declared the next 25 years as Amrit Kaal, the fulfillment of which will take India to 100 years of independence. What are the outcomes the PM is expecting? Based on Foreign Minister S Jaishankar’s distillation of the PM’s speech into five points, Aakar Patel examines each to see if they make sense. Read it here
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The top edit explains why the policy on digital payment systems cannot be entirely determined by market forces, given multiple payment systems operating in parallel, involving multiple types of entities. Read it here
The second edit argues that more policy clarity is needed if electric vehicles are to gain critical mass in India. Read it here
Vanita Kohli-Khandekar reviews Laal Singh Chadda, the Indian adaptation of Forrest Gump. Read it here
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