Constitutional and practical impediments to the idea of simultaneous elections are formidable. Given the degree of political polarisation, consensus would be hard to achieve.
In the latest budget, the FDI limit was increased to 100 percent, but most foreign companies are not buying such large stakes in the Indian insurance sector.
As Narendra Modi becomes India’s second-longest consecutively serving Prime Minister, we look at how he compares with Indira Gandhi across four key dimensions.
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