The democracy of India has been branded as the festival of the people with millions of people voting during each election. Although regular polls are the manifestation of the participation system, they also lead to economic, developmental, and social problems. Their long-term effect on governance is debatable in 2025.

According to the Election Commission of India (ECI), 474 Registered Unrecognised Political Parties (RUPPs) have been dropped due to not having contested an election in the last 6 years. This step is contained in a bigger initiative of sweeping the electoral process to leave in the system only active and compliant parties. By this move, the 808 who have been removed among the RUPPs alone in the last two months leaves 2,046 of these parties still on record.

The Indian Coast Guard (ICG) commissioned the most recently built ship, ICGS Adamya, on 19 September 2025 at Paradip Port, Odisha, and was an indigenous project. This is the beginning of the first of eight Adamaya-class Fast Patrol Vessels (FPVs) which have been designed and constructed by Goa Shipyard Limited (GSL), yet again enhancing the maritime capability of India in the vision of Aatmanirbhar Bharat.

The village of Dhordo in the Kutch district of Gujarat has gone entirely solar, and this is a significant step in the renewable energy process in India. Dhordo is already known as the Best Tourism Village acknowledged by UNWTO and is the fourth solar village in Gujarat after the previously mentioned Modhera, Sukhi and Masali. Prime minister Narendra Modi will devote this success on 20 September in the Samudra Se Samriddhi event, Bhavnagar.

Brazil has announced that it would be the first nation to commit in the Tropical Forests Forever Facility (TFFF) a novel multilateral fund that would help in conservation of endangered tropical forests. The project will be officially unveiled at a United Nations event in New York and the project will take center stage during COP30 that will be hosted by Brazil in Belem next November.