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Modi’s party has struggled to generate jobs for young people, but is highly adept at marshalling votes to win elections.
Indian prime minister Narendra Modi delivers the traditional Independence Day speech from the Red Fort in Delhi on August 15.
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The Indian prime minister’s rhetoric strayed a long way from reality.
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As a hugely diverse continent, one thing has united Asia in the last 50 years: economic development.
Ikea’s Hyderabad store has not been as busy as the Swedish giants had hoped.
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India’s furniture industry is worth US$32billion and is projected to double by 2023.
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In Narendra Modi, India has found a development messiah.
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As India grapples with boosting the number of jobs available to people, it must ensure it does not leave women behind.
First time voters take a selfie after voting in Bhopal in May 2019.
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This is a transcript of part 6 of India Tomorrow, focusing on India’s huge population of young people.
India’s new ₹2,000 note.
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Modi has had mixed successes in delivering on big promises to transform India’s economy.
Construction workers in India.
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India’s prime minister, Narendra Modi, rode to power in 2014 promising economic transformation.
Part five of India Tomorrow takes a look at India’s economy.
Indian general elections begin April 11.
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India election 2019: millions of Indian youth are underemployed and going to the polls
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The world's largest democracy will see its biggest young voter turnout since gaining independence 72 years ago, with millions delivering their verdict on Narendra Modi's BJP government.
Heading for failure: shifting the burden of social development programs to business enterprises may prove to be a huge mistake by India’s national government.
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India requires large enterprises to spend 2% of their profits on corporate social responsibility projects. It’s a bold idea, but looks doomed to fail.
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Climate change could hurt Indian farmers’ income by up to 20-25% in the medium term.
A protest to mark the first anniversary of the Delhi gang rape, in New Delhi, 2013.
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Millennial Indian women have been leading a new kind of feminism since the early 2000s.
The lack of awareness of this growing problem is a big issue.
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Breast cancer could kill 76,000 Indian women a year by 20220, according to new research.
A bank official counts discontinued rupee notes.
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India’s recent move toward a cash-free society helped reveal just how important physical currency is to the informal economies that the poorest families depend upon.
Economists need to focus on the role white privilege plays in modern, growing economies.
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Traditional economists cannot quantify or measure the effect of white male privilege in facilitating business dealings or obtaining employment in emerging market economies.
The Indian people felt a moral obligation to queue up and co-operate with the ‘notes ban’ policy.
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Public co-operation is not proof of trust in government. The Indian people did not trust elected politicians to represent them against top-down policymaking that caused enormous difficulties.
Indians have turned to digital payment following demonetisation.
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India is going digital.
Fistful of nothing.
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India is engulfed in chaos after Prime Minister Narendra Modi introduced the wrong policy at the wrong time.