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India

Rot at the top

Indian administration has always had a fantastic worldwide reputation. Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel once referred to our civil services as the “steel frame” of the nation.

Power Timing

The debate over expanding the Lok Sabha and state assemblies has largely been framed in terms of numbers ~ how many seats, which states gain more than others, and whether India needs more Members of Parliament. But that focus risks missing a deeper institutional shift.

Empowered to deliver

India’s policy imagination consistently outstrips its capacity to deliver. From flagship welfare schemes to ambitious infrastructure programmes, the country designs transformative policy with striking regularity and then watches much of it lose fidelity between the drafting table and the last mile.