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India’s Modi banks on $400bn cash splurge to win election

Y Saraswati lost her husband 30 years ago – she says a $35 widow’s pension every month gives her dignity [Bimal Thankachan] Balaram Bhallavi and his family might finally get a proper roof over their heads. For years, a tiled shanty in a sun-drenched village in India’s central Madhya Pradesh state has been home to […]