​For the first time, India has kept 12 nuclear warheads deployed during peacetime, breaking with its longstanding practice of storing warheads separately from delivery systems such as ballistic missiles, according to SIPRI. 

​NEET Re-Exam 2026: A final decision on the deployment of central forces is expected after a high-level meeting convened by the Union Home Secretary in the coming days. 

​No government in a vibrant democracy should be beyond scrutiny, and this one has never sought to be. But on the measures it chose to be judged by, the years since 2014 will rank among the most consequential in the history of the Republic.