Explained: Are Indian Courts’ Digital Records Really OCR-Ready?0
- Legal
- March 13, 2026
India’s e-Courts project has digitized more than 660.36 crore pages and placed OCR at the centre of judicial reform. Yet one question remains unresolved. Are those records consistently searchable, properly indexed, and usable enough to support real paperless justice? Official data shows strong progress in scale and infrastructure. However, it still reveals far more about output volume than about nationwide OCR quality and ground-level usability.
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Critical Analysis of India Semiconductor Mission 2.0 0
- Investigation
- February 1, 2026
India Semiconductor Mission 2.0 marks a shift from fab subsidies to capability building. This analysis explains what changed after Budget 2026–27, why ISM 1.0 fell short, how India compares with the US, EU, and Japan, and what risks still remain.
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Can BHASHINI Become UPI-Style National Infrastructure?0
- Investigation
- January 22, 2026
India is trying something no large democracy has done before: turning language into national digital infrastructure. Through BHASHINI, the government hopes to offer every citizen access to the state, markets, and services in their own language—much like UPI reshaped digital payments. However, language is far more complex than money. This analysis examines whether BHASHINI can truly follow the UPI path, what gaps remain in governance and trust, and what India must fix before language can function as a reliable public utility.
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Explained: How UPI Became the World’s Biggest Payment System 0
- Investigation
- December 9, 2025
India’s UPI now handles nearly half of all global real-time payments. This explainer reveals how zero-cost transactions, rural QR expansion, RuPay credit integration, and public digital infrastructure turned UPI into the world’s biggest payment system.
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