Daily Editorials for UPSC and State PSC
December 2025
Too Good to Last: Headwinds Facing India’s Growth Momentum
Introduction “Too good to last” reflects a cautionary assessment of India’s recent growth performance. While headline indicators suggested resilience in early 2024–25, the article argues that this momentum was driven largely by temporary and uneven factors. Emerging data now point towards weakening industrial output, slowing consumption, and structural constraints [...]
The Quiet Foundations for India’s Next Growth Phase
News “The quiet foundations for India’s next growth phase” highlights a critical truth of economic reform: durable growth is rarely built through dramatic announcements alone. As Reform Express 2025 concludes, India’s real economic momentum lies in incremental but credible reforms across governance, trade, logistics, energy, and regulation—changes that reduce [...]
Model Conduct: India Must Improve Access to AI Resources and Upskill Its Workforce
News “Model conduct” captures India’s current dilemma in governing Artificial Intelligence: while the country is actively engaging with global AI safety debates and drafting regulatory frameworks, it still lacks a clear, coherent domestic strategy that simultaneously expands access to AI resources and prepares its workforce for large-scale technological disruption. The [...]
A Grand Vision and the Great Indian Research Deficit
Introduction “A grand vision and the great Indian research deficit” draws attention to the growing contradiction between India’s ambition to become a developed nation and the persistent weakness of its research and innovation ecosystem. While India aspires to be a global technology and knowledge hub, the article argues that [...]
The Lost Message: Assurances of State Protection for Minorities Must Go Beyond Symbolism
Introduction “The lost message” highlights the growing gap between symbolic political assurances and the constitutional obligation of the State to protect minorities in practice. While Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Christmas greetings and participation in Christian festivities project inclusiveness, the article argues that such gestures ring hollow when episodes of vandalism, [...]
A year of dissipating promises for Indian foreign policy
Introduction “A year of dissipating promises for Indian foreign policy” assesses how 2025, once projected as a year of strategic consolidation and diplomatic gains, instead exposed the limits of India’s foreign policy delivery. While India retained diplomatic visibility and narrative influence, the article argues that outcomes on trade, energy security, [...]
