India will soon pass China as the worlds most populous nation

Fred de Sam Lazaro:

At home, Modi has used his commanding parliamentary majority and the country's growing digital savvy to deliver various basic welfare benefits, gas stoves to many rural areas to replace dirtier cooking fuels, for example.

He's made it easy for most citizens to open bank accounts and use them to deposit financial support for some farmers. His image is omnipresent in these campaigns, and as he touts India's growing economic prowess and global footprint in a media landscape that's become largely allied with his ruling Bharatiya Janata, or India People's Party, the BJP.

India has seen solid economic growth, but overall job creation has fallen well short of the number economists say is needed for millions of young people entering the work force each year. Still, the prime minister remains highly popular.

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