Policy, People & Politics

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Mass migration, archaic database: The demographic reality behind 13 crore voters ‘deleted’ in SIR

A detailed analysis of the ECI's Special Intensive Revision (SIR), explaining how unrecorded internal migrations and outdated data silos led to a massive administrative cleanup of India's electoral rolls.

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Punjab’s NRI marriage crisis links abandoned spouses, migration dreams, disputed sponsorship promises and cross-border legal hurdles.

The abandoned spouses of Punjab’s NRI dream

Families continue staking lakhs on foreign settlement through marriage, while courts distinguish fraud from relationships that simply collapse and authorities struggle with inconsistent data, overseas spouses, passport action and changing Canadian immigration rules and expectations.

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River Linking Project Part I

Linking rivers of India: Why it matters

When you look closely at India’s Geography and weather patterns, one truth becomes immediately clear: the country does not suffer from an absolute, natural shortage of water. The true crisis lies in water management.

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