Australia India Institute

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’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 …

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

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 …

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 …

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