India Today

India Today is the leading news magazine and most widely read publication in India. The magazine’s leadership is unquestioned, so much so that India Today is what Indian journalism is judged by, for its integrity and ability to bring unbiased and incisive perspective to arguably the most dynamic, yet perplexing, region in the world. Breaking news and shaping opinion, it is now a household name and the flagship brand of India’s leading multidimensional media group. Additionally, the weekly brings with it a range supplements like Women, Home, Aspire, Spice and Simply which focus on style, health, education, fashion, etc. and Indian cities.

India Today

FROM THE EDITOR-IN-CHIEF

A NEW TRYST WITH DESTINY • On its 75th Independence anniversary, India can celebrate the substantial reduction of poverty and the uptick in economic growth. But it faces a tough task to become a developed country by India@100

Himachal Pradesh: A New Model of Social Welfare

WE THE PEOPLE • What have 75 years of Independence meant for the aam aadmi? Yes, they now have roti, kapda and perhaps makaan, but much more needs to be done to meet their aspirations

HARNESS NG TECH FOR SELF-RELANCE • TIFAC, India's technology think tank, has made numerous scientific interventions in the service of the nation, bringing about marked improvements in socio-economic sectors in the true spirit of Aatmanirbhar Bharat

GROWTH PANGS • The country’s metamorphosis from an economic laggard to the fastest growing economy globally is the result of visionary policy decisions in the past few decades

BREAKING THE SHACKLES • India’s manufacturing sector has had a long journey, from building the country’s industrial foundations to licence raj to liberalisation. The challenge now is to become globally competitive

AN INDUSTRIAL CHURNING • From Socialist Big State to Licence Raj to Liberalisation to Aatmanirbhar Bharat, Indian manufacturing has seen many lows and highs

THE FORCE MULTIPLIERS • The services sector has been instrumental in powering India’s growth in the past two decades, including in exports

GRAIN REVOLUTION • From an agri economy struggling to feed its people to self-sufficiency and surplus, the story of Indian agriculture has been one of many milestones and some reverses

MILESTONES

GOVERNANCE AT YOUR FINGERTIPS • Following the philosophy of PM Narendra Modi, Assam has brought governance closer to the people through optimum use of digital technology

ON THE FAST TRACK • Despite its poor financial health, Indian Railways aims to match global standards of rail journey in the next 25 years

MILESTONES

SCORCHING PACE • Building roads and highways picked up speed in India in the 2000s. Now, the country has the second largest road network in the world, after the US

Tamil Nadu's 1100 kms coastline turning into boon for water sports Enthusiasts

TURNING THE TIDE • The government is now planning to revive old waterways to build a robust inland and maritime transportation network

ON CRUISE CONTROL • Civil aviation in India is taking off, albeit slowly, to catch up with its global peers. All it needs to focus is on maintaining the quality and financial prudence

MILESTONES

Mesmerising Meghalaya

RINGING IN THE NEW • From having 150,000 telephone exchange lines in 1947, India now is the world’s second-largest telecommunications market with 1,200 million telephone subscribers

POWER SURGE • Though our power-generating capacity has made a quantum leap, so has demand, causing a supply lag

SLIPPING ON OIL • As the third-largest consumer of oil in the world, India’s import bill rises aided by dipping domestic crude production

CITIES UNDER STRESS • With rapid urbanisation, 50 per cent...