Politics
October 17, 2024
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Simultaneous elections will boost GDP growth, curb populism: NK Singh

Simultaneous elections will boost GDP growth, curb populism: NK Singh

New Delhi: Simultaneous polls will diminish non-quantifiable impacts on Indian gross domestic product (GDP), including uncertainty in planning and decision-making, and reduce populism, said former bureaucrat and economist N.K. Singh, a member of the high-level committee on ‘One Nation, One Election.’ Singh told Mint that frequent elections can slow down decision-making and implementation of projects. “Taking […]

Politics
September 30, 2024
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One election, many issues

One election, many issues

In September 2023, the Narendra Modi government set up a high-level committee headed by former President Ram Nath Kovind to examine and give recommendations on the issue of holding simultaneous elections in the country. A year later, on September 18, the new Modi Cabinet accepted the committee’s recommendations, which proposed elections in two phases. (In […]