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India Decides 2014
About the Project

India Decides 2014 provides timely analysis on India’s national elections and their impact on the country’s economy, domestic policy, and foreign relations. It brings together insights from Carnegie’s experts in Washington, New Delhi, and around the world.

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South Asia

The South Asia Program informs policy debates relating to the region’s security, economy, and political development. From strategic competition in the Indo-Pacific to India’s internal dynamics and U.S. engagement with the region, the program offers in-depth, rigorous research and analysis on South Asia’s most critical challenges.

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In the Media
The Politics and Plumbing of Reforms

Reform initiatives that were pursued by previous Indian governments often failed due to inadequate attention to state capacity. This government has a once-in-a-generation opportunity to translate ideas into institutional change.

· July 28, 2014
Live Mint
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India’s New Growth Story: Revitalizing U.S.-India Relations
July 25, 2014

India recently witnessed watershed election result and expectations are high for the policy initiatives emerging from New Delhi.

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In the Media
Modi’s ‘Pro-Growth’ Budget ‘Lacking on Key Issues’

There is no doubt that the Modi government’s first budget is pro-growth in its orientation, but it still lacks a detailed blueprint for economic renewal.

· July 10, 2014
Deutsche Welle
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Book Launch of Getting India Back on Track: An Action Agenda for Reform
June 25, 2014

India has fallen far and fast from the runaway growth rates it enjoyed in the first decade of the twenty-first century. The recent election results have demonstrated a nationwide desire to reverse this trend.

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In the Media
Managing Strategic Partnerships

Restoring the lost dynamism in India’s vital strategic partnerships and regaining a firm handle on some of its traditionally fraught relationships must be at the top of the diplomatic agenda.

· June 17, 2014
Mint
In the Media
It’s Too Soon To Proclaim Death Of Coalition Politics

Although the 2014 election repudiated many of the tenets of the post-1989 system, it is too soon to proclaim the death of coalition politics.

· June 14, 2014
Business Standard
In the Media
Dismantling the Welfare State

It is time to dismantle the current welfare system and adopt new approaches in order to reduce poverty and boost India’s growth rate.

  • Surjit Bhalla
· June 10, 2014
Mint
article
A New Era in Indian Politics?

If trends witnessed in India’s 2014 election persist, the country may have closed the book on twenty-five years of electoral politics and moved into a new era.

book
Getting India Back on Track: An Action Agenda for Reform

A playbook for how Indian policymakers can return the country to a path of high and sustained economic growth.

· June 9, 2014
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
press release
Prime Minister Modi Launches Getting India Back on Track

Two weeks after becoming India’s prime minister, Narendra Modi today launched the book Getting India Back on Track: An Action Agenda for Reform at 7 Race Course Road.

· June 8, 2014