Modi's India: Hindu Nationalism and the Rise of Ethnic Democracy

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Early protests by farmers ended when those who benefitted found their electricity supply had stabilised [178] but, according to an assessment study, corporations and large farmers benefited from the policy at the expense of small farmers and labourers. His administration increased direct foreign investment, and it reduced spending on healthcare, education, and social-welfare programmes. It showed a marginal improvement in rates of infant mortality and its position with respect to individual consumption declined. A little over 1,000 people were killed, according to official records, three-quarters of whom were Muslim; independent sources estimated 2,000 deaths, mostly Muslim.

The campaign's stated goals included the elimination of open defecation and manual scavenging within five years. In interviews, he has described visiting Hindu ashrams founded by Swami Vivekananda: the Belur Math near Kolkata, the Advaita Ashrama in Almora and the Ramakrishna Mission in Rajkot. The activities of a number of Hindu nationalist organisations increased in scope after Modi's appointment as prime minister, sometimes with the government's support. From 2001 to 2011, Gujarat did not change its position relative to the rest of the country with respect to poverty and female literacy, remaining near the median of the 29 Indian states. The whiplash-inducing reality is that this religious and political struggle is occurring alongside enormous economic optimism.A Supreme Court bench headed by Justice Arun Kumar Mishra dismissed the plea in January 2017 stating that the evidence provided was insufficient. For many Hindus this represents the righting of an ancient wrong: the location is also the mythical birthplace of the Hindu god Ram. India: The Modi Question, a 2023 BBC documentary, examines Modi's role in the 2002 Gujarat riots and his record as Prime Minister of India. Amid growing populist rhetoric and misinformation, responsible and accountable leadership on human rights issues in India is desperately needed. As chief minister, Modi favoured privatisation and small government, which was at odds with the philosophy of the RSS, which is usually described as anti-privatisation and anti-globalisation.

Under Modi, Gujarat topped the World Bank's "ease of doing business" rankings among Indian states for two consecutive years. Modi contested the Lok Sabha election as a candidate for Varanasi; he won the seat by a margin of 479,505 votes, defeating Shalini Yadav of the Samajwadi Party (SP), who stood as a candidate for the SP- BSP alliance. Narendra Modi has received consistently high approval ratings during his premiership; [34] he is often ranked in popular opinion polls as the greatest prime minister in Indian history.P olitics and religion cannot be mixed,” ruled India’s Supreme Court in 1994 in what was then considered a decisive elucidation of the country’s secular constitution.

Modi was unanimously appointed prime minister for a second time by the National Democratic Alliance [232] after the alliance won the election for the second time with 353 seats in the Lok Sabha; the BJP alone won 303 seats.In January 2015, the Modi government launched its New Health Policy (NHP), which did not increase the government's spending on healthcare but emphasised the role of private healthcare organisations. For librarians and administrators, your personal account also provides access to institutional account management. The National Health Mission, which included public health programmes targeted at these indices, received nearly 20 percent less funding [323] [324] in 2015 than in the previous year. In July 2011, the court-appointed amicus curiae Raju Ramachandran submitted his final report to the court.

While manufacturing has yet to take off, industry is starting to couple with global supply chains, from internet routers to electric two-wheelers.

A poll conducted by The Times of India in May 2017 showed 77% of respondents rated Modi as "very good" and "good". Modi was appointed general secretary of the "Gujarat Lok Sangharsh Samiti", an RSS committee co-ordinating opposition to the Emergency in Gujarat. An internal government report said in 2017, unemployment increased to its highest level in 45 years. Donald Trump, Boris Johnson, and other leaders win Ig Nobel awards for teaching people about life and death". A second wave of the pandemic that began in March 2021 was significantly more devastating than the first; some parts of India experienced shortages of vaccines, hospital beds, oxygen cylinders and other medical supplies.