Among other economic challenges facing India, none is more strategic than the sheer productivity divide, within its very own workforce. Even as the government is pointing to the high rate of employment generation, it has been the aspiration of the country to emerge at a scale of a $36 trillion economy by 2047 and the only way forward to meet that is bridging this widening gap between the formal and the informal sectors.

Some part of the 3.5 million voters who were purged in the recent date in Bihar are migrants. Declared as having permanently migrated because they have not been found in a house-to-house verification exercise, they now face disenfranchisement in large numbers. This step which is part of the 2025 Special Intensive Revision (SIR) reveals a flaw inherent in the Indian election process to include the large migrant population in its tally, which can bring into question the democratic rights of an important layer of the Bihar populace.

The under construction Kalai-II Hydroelectric Project in Arunachal Pradesh is the latest project on the way to a go-ahead as it was recently subjected to environmental clearance hearings. The 1,200 MW project is conceived on the Lohit River in Anjaw district and is constructed by THDC India Limited. This is one of the moves that seek to enhance sustainable energy and regional growth in Northeast Indian.

In a continuing cultural review of historical names in India, the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has given its nod to rename Uttar Pradesh’s Jalalabad in Shahjahanpur district to Parashurampuri. The change, which will take effect in 2025, is intended to honour the region’s Hindu religious heritage and replace a name freighted with association with the Mughal dynasty.

The Indian Government has published The Promotion and Regulation of Online Gaming Bill, 2025, a radical break from the earlier IT Intermediary Rules, 2023. The Bill, which was hustled through the Lok Sabha, seeks a complete ban on every form of real money gaming, putting in perils the future for home-grown startups and foreign investment in the industry.