For years, policy reform in India was seen as a top-down affair — conceived in Delhi, executed by states. But 2025 marks a disruption beyond that template. A new political pattern is emerging: seven BJP-ruled states are now driving their own reform blueprints — faster, deeper, and sometimes ahead of the Union government.

From deregulation and contract enforcement to land, labour, manufacturing, and digital governance reforms, these states are behaving less like administrative units and more like competitive policy laboratories.

A major thrust behind this pro-business shift is the adoption of people’s trust–style legislation, claim government sources. States are increasingly replacing criminal penalties for minor procedural violations with civil or administrative remedies, making complian

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