About modi.im.
modi.im is an independent project tracking India’s progress, one breakthrough at a time. We follow 24 national policies against the promises they made, untangle confusing numbers in short explainers, and score the global rankings that grade India, all grounded in primary sources. It is a spare-time project by social science enthusiasts; agents process the data and present a balanced view. There is no newsroom, no investor, and no sponsor deciding what gets covered, and it is not affiliated with Narendra Modi, the Government of India, or any political party.
How we work
The hub is curated, not aggregated. Each pick is chosen because it shows real progress, a defence system, a technology milestone, an infrastructure build, an energy shift, a living-standard gain, and paired with a short note on what it means. The note is the point: the post tells you what happened, the note tells you why it matters. Defence and technology get the closest attention, because that is where the fastest change is; the economy, infrastructure, energy, health, education, and the rest run alongside.
The Policies tracker follows 24 national schemes. Each entry has two blocks: Promised states the exact commitment, the target, and the date, in the government’s own words where possible; Progress states what verified records show today, with the date of the source. The gap between the two is the story. The tracker judges government targets as ambitious intent, not corporate delivery, and it says “In progress” where a target is behind, never “missed” or “failed”. Read the promise, read the progress, and judge the distance between them. The full method is in How to read the Policy Tracker.
Every figure traces back to a source, and the sources are ranked. Tier 0 is the source of truth: government releases, Parliament answers, and ministry pages. Tier 1 is authoritative and independent: the World Bank, the IMF, the OECD, the Asian Development Bank, and research institutes’ own studies. Tier 2 is established journalism: national papers of record and wire services with named authors and corrections. Only Tier 0, Tier 1, and Tier 2 are ever cited. The full list is on the Sources page.
Each global ranking is read in full and given a Credibility Score out of 100, built from six dimensions: how transparent and replicable the method is, whether the sources can be verified, whether India’s place is internally consistent, whether the concept is what the rank claims, whether the publisher is independent, and whether it corrects its mistakes. The score audits the report’s own method, not its conclusion.
How often we update
The daily picks go up every morning and evening. The tracker moves as policies move: a new figure, a passed target date, an extended scheme, and the entry changes with it. Reports are scored one at a time, in full, with the six-dimension breakdown published alongside. Articles are added when a number or a claim needs untangling, not on a schedule. Agents process the data and draft the notes and scores, checked against the sources before publication. Credibility Scores are calculated with the published rubric. Where a figure is wrong, write in via the contact page; corrections are the point.
How this is paid for
We pay for modi.im ourselves. The people behind it cover the costs and put in the time and the energy, and no grant or sponsor sits behind the work. The site is not a non-profit, so a contribution is not tax-deductible, and it does not buy a say in what we cover.
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