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EDUCATION

Very Short Policy Brief

Setting up Community Health and Development Programmes in Low and Middle Income Settings

GOVERNANCE

Indian Election Series

An Australian guide to India’s elections

Indian Election Series

Why Australia needs to understand the 2019 Indian election

Much remains to be done in order to make the world’s largest democracy also the world’s greatest

S Y Quraishi

Aug 27, 2019

This paper elaborates upon three of the several challenges faced by the most powerful electoral management body in the world – the Election Commission of India (ECI), and how it proceeded to solve them.

India Enters a New Political Era

Priya Chacko

May 28, 2019

India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi scored a surprisingly emphatic win in the national election. The elections concluded last week after seven rounds of voting which took six weeks and mobilised more than 600 million voters. Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) increased both its seat and vote share to win a resounding majority, while the main …

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NaMo and ScoMo: Business as usual

David Brewster

May 24, 2019

The re-election of Narendra Modi in India for the next five years is good news for Australia, opines Dr David Brewster.

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Can India stop the social media runaway train?

Usha Rodrigues

May 9, 2019

India’s newspaper industry is the envy of the world. India is one of the few markets where major mastheads have witnessed increasing circulation and revenue growth over the past two decades. Yet, there is a sense of pessimism about the future of traditional media, with individuals and political parties increasingly turning to share information on …

Modi’s BJP faces an uphill battle in India’s most populous state

Pradeep Taneja

Apr 23, 2019

In an interview with India’s state-run Doordarshan television network on Tuesday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said, “I can say this publicly that the BJP will perform better than last time in Uttar Pradesh.” For this optimistic prediction to come true, the BJP will have to win more than the 70 seats (out of 80) it …

Book Review: ‘Of Counsel – The Challenges of the Modi-Jaitley Economy’

Robert Smith

Apr 17, 2019

As the first Modi government comes to the end of its term, this book is recommended for anyone wanting to know more about the challenges it faced in managing the economy