Development India’s General Elections 2019: The potential electoral consequences of demonetisation April 30, 2019 1 Written by Kunal Sen. In the campaign leading up to the Lok Sabha elections in spring 2014, one of the more important promises that Narendra…
Democracy The regional aims to become the new national: The Trinamool in West Bengal April 18, 2019 0 Written by Maidul Islam. West Bengal (WB) is the third largest state in India, with 42 seats in the Lok Sabha after Uttar Pradesh (UP)…
Uncategorized India’s demonetisation: a failed attempt to formalise the economy April 4, 2018 0 Written by Christophe Jalil Nordman and Isabelle Guérin. On November 8, 2016, at 8 p.m., the Indian prime minister Narendra Modi announced the ban of the…
Uncategorized Purify the Parties January 9, 2017 0 Written by Milan Vaishnav. More than fifty days in, the government’s demonetisation manoeuvre has been pitched as many things: An assault on black money, a blow…
Uncategorized Modi’s surgical strike on black money relies on uptake of electronic payments November 8, 2016 0 Written by Pravakar Sahoo. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s decision to demonetise RS500 and RS1,000 notes on November 8 came with very little warning. The…