After an eventful last couple of months of 2016, this year is once again shaping up as a crucial period for India.
In addition to continued widespread reforms, headlined most notably by last November's demonetisation efforts, local state elections recently completed, representing nearly a quarter of the Indian population. In a positive development, recent election results from five Indian states - Goa, Manipur, Uttarakhand, Punjab and Uttar Pradesh - have overwhelmingly supported the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Allianz GI's Chan: Why we believe in Asia's reform stories In particular, the election in Uttar Pradesh, with a population of 200m people and 80 parliam...
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