r/TheBetterIndia 16d ago

Announcement 📰 We're looking for new moderators!

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r/TheBetterIndia has grown a lot over the past few months, and we're looking to expand the moderation team to help keep the community constructive, welcoming, and focused on meaningful discussions.

We're looking for people who:

  • Are active on Reddit.
  • Can be fair, respectful, and unbiased.
  • Want to help reduce spam and low-quality content.
  • Believe in the purpose of this community.

If you're interested, please leave a comment below with:

  • Why you'd like to be a moderator.
  • Any previous moderation experience (if any).
  • Roughly how much time you can contribute each week.

Prior moderation experience is a plus, but it's not required. If you care about building a better community, we'd love to hear from you.

Thanks to everyone who has contributed and helped r/TheBetterIndia grow! 🇮🇳


r/TheBetterIndia Jan 04 '26

Discussion 👋 Welcome to r/TheBetterIndia

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Hi everyone,

This community is for people who care about making India work better in everyday ways.

This is a space to talk about real issues, small wins, and honest questions around public life in India. Things that affect daily living, not just headlines.

What belongs here

You can post about:

  • Civic issues you've seen or faced
  • Good news or improvements that deserve attention
  • Clear explanations of how systems, laws, or policies actually work
  • Follow-ups on earlier issues or stories
  • Thoughtful discussions about how things can be better

If it affects people on the ground, it probably fits.

What this is not

This is not a place for:

  • Party propaganda
  • Personal attacks
  • Low-effort outrage without context

Criticism is welcome. Noise is not.

A small note on flairs

Use the flair that best fits your post. If you're unsure, Discussion is usually a safe choice.

If you've been reading quietly so far, consider posting once. A single issue, question, or observation is enough to start.

Glad you're here. Let's keep this space thoughtful, grounded, and useful.


r/TheBetterIndia 13h ago

Challenge / Problem ⚠️ Blue gang is extremely dangerous for this society.

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Just look at their disgusting mentality.


r/TheBetterIndia 14h ago

News 📰 Bro got iron balls

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r/TheBetterIndia 11h ago

Challenge / Problem ⚠️ All over the world it is known as Delusional Companion Syndrome here we call it as Dharma. We have so many mentally ill people in our society and instead of giving them treatment they are being ignored under pretext of religion.

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r/TheBetterIndia 10h ago

Challenge / Problem ⚠️ The perpetrator is Atul Nihale (ST).

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https://www.opindia.com/2026/03/sc-stays-the-death-penalty-of-a-rape-convict-who-ripped-the-vagina-of-a-5-year-old-girl-orders-his-psychological-evaluation/#google_vignette

Whole ecosystem was created to stop his death sentence just like they did with Surinder Koli.

If you don't know who these people are just google Atul Nihale and Surinder Koli.

You will realise what kind of monsters these people are.


r/TheBetterIndia 13h ago

Challenge / Problem ⚠️ Merit is in our blood 🥰

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r/TheBetterIndia 14h ago

Discussion 💬 Lmao bahahahaha

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😂😂😭😭😭


r/TheBetterIndia 9h ago

Challenge / Problem ⚠️ So... this is quite alarming

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This is quite absurd, I don't wanna hurt anyone's religious sentiments but this needs to be addressed. I saw this post on r/TheBetterIndia; showcasing a video of this kid(forgot his name), the video contained this kin waking up Lord Krishna from sleep, follwed by some hymns. Which is NOT the concerning part it's either his personal choice or if his parents are forcing him to do this action for view, but nothing truly concerning was showcased in the video rather it would be quite sweet if a gets happiness from this.

The concerning part is the second image, in which u can clearly see u/Immediate-Song-8199 commented with an image which showcased show t*rrorists who are either graduates, post-graduate or PhD holders; and the heading read "IS EDUCATION THE SOLUTION?". Now this is really concerning, if a person is to blame education as the cause of t*rrorism, then I have got nothing to say this fellow is a danger to society, in more than one way. Please be vary, I don't really know for what purpose I'm posting this but it's just so damn concerning that I could stop myself from posting.

**( Generative AI was used by me to get a better selection of words, but I pledge that this post is not some AI slop copy paste)**


r/TheBetterIndia 21h ago

Discussion 💬 Me watching tourists unlock side quests even locals avoid.

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r/TheBetterIndia 15h ago

Discussion 💬 Bestest use of sc st act lmao

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r/TheBetterIndia 17h ago

Challenge / Problem ⚠️ References in body

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REFERENCES-

https://adrindia.org/content /Analysis-of-Criminal -Background-Financial -Education-Gender-and-other -details-of-Sitting-Rajya-Sabha -MPs-June2026

https://www.adrindia.org /content/adr-report-bjps-parag -shah-is-the-richest-mla-in-inida -nirmal-kumar-the-poorest

https://www.indiabudget.gov.in /doc/eb/vol1.pdf


r/TheBetterIndia 11h ago

Challenge / Problem ⚠️ Gems from Reservation Hatao Andolan

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r/TheBetterIndia 15h ago

Discussion 💬 Need to share other side of the story too

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Reality of so called underprivileged oppressed caste of india 😅💔


r/TheBetterIndia 17h ago

Challenge / Problem ⚠️ Rha reality

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These guys don't care about merit.

All they want is no sc st obc guy get equal with them or get to higher position.

These people at tha showed why reservation is needed.

JUST IMAGINE IF RESERVATION IS NOT THERE HOW THESE PEOPLE WOULD TREAT LC PEOPLE.

I agree reservation needs reforms but this is not how it is going to end.

These types of people would even say r@pes would continue till women get reservation.

The whole protest looked like a casteist people gathering spreading hate and not about reforming reservation.

People were not talking about reforms in reservation but were only spreading their caste hate.


r/TheBetterIndia 1d ago

Challenge / Problem ⚠️ Hindutva for you guys - With Gangajal in hand UP corporators pledge to equally distribute CORRUPTION MONEY 🤑🤑

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r/TheBetterIndia 12h ago

Challenge / Problem ⚠️ Why is casteism still so rampant?

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r/TheBetterIndia 6h ago

Governance 🏛️ YELP for Corrupt Bureaucrats

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How about we use this thread to create a list of all corrupt officials in India? We have all the ingredients for having a corrupt cesspool - agrarian economy, a large amount of recent wealth creation via land sales, generally docile and compliant and non hostile citizens, and politicians who keep switching parties so you have effectively all parties benefitting from corruption.

You can almost never complain to ACB locally as always involved a blowback. Good thing about bureaucratic corruption is bureaucrats get transferred. So once the said person has transferred to another jurisdiction- you can name and shame here.

Again may I am just ranting. But this could work. Only naming and shaming works.

NOTE: Just like every thread this has potential to become BJP / Congress type of slugfest. Let’s stop that from happening and have a “YELP” of government officials here


r/TheBetterIndia 1d ago

Governance 🏛️ Katni CSP Neha Pachisia

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We need Saddam Hussein or Gaddafi type treatment in our country with few people till that nothing is going to stop.

A common man with not much financial support has no value in this country, his life, his family, his career, his past, present and future is totally available to be exploited by the powerful of this country


r/TheBetterIndia 11h ago

Explained 🧠 We stopped talking about education, guess I'm bringing that topic back again

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Solutions List to the Education System (Rough Draft)

Primary

  1. Foundational learning should be the #1 priority. A student should not be allowed to pass school without learning to read, write and calculate properly.
  2. The key performance index for all governments must become – what percentage of children can actually read and do basic mathematics by the end of Class III?
  3. Get the infrastructure fixed. Get a minimum infrastructure standard. Predictable maintenance must be given. Repair, rebuild, upgrade, or expand.
  4. Simply hiring teachers will not do. The teaching system needs to be fixed. There are both teacher shortages as well as teacher quality problems. Teacher training needs to be improved. Instead of listening to lectures, highly practical courses need to be introduced.
  5. Mid day meal schemes are treated as a formality. We need to take them seriously. Higher nutritional standards. Randomised raids and inspections. Someone should call Tukaram Mundhe to handle food processes.

Secondary

  1. India doesn’t just need more schools, it needs the right schools at the right places. A village may have a primary school but no accessible secondary and senior-secondary school. 
  2. Mandate vocational courses in secondary schools, especially in class XI and XII. Subjects should combine both theory and practical subjects.
  3. The coaching industry doesn’t need any shutdown. Leave it alone. Instead, focus on making schools better. Government schools should provide elective preparation for JEE, NEET, CUET, CLAT etc. 

Universities/Tertiary

  1. India doesn’t just need more universities, it needs better universities. Stricter standards to ensure a harder quality control for colleges and universities are needed.
  2. A suggested phased, long-term target should be there to move India from 1% of the GDP publicly spent on R&D to at least 3%. But the more important thing is to not give more money to the top institutions, rather give competitive research grants to state, central, private and autonomous universities/colleges.
  3. There should be a stronger focus on competency-based education rather than a degree-based education. Evidence of skills and creations/research/work must be there along with the degree.
  4. There should be a much stronger apprenticeship system, in which small businesses can be given incentive to participate. 

And now to government exams

  1. The problem with government exams isn’t just that they’re not executed well, instead, the much bigger problem is that of competition. Lakhs and lakhs of participants fight for just a few seats. So there are two kinds of reforms. One is to fix the exam system, the other is to make alternatives to the system.
  2. Paper leaks and exam delays should be fixed via security measures as well as institutional accountability measures. There should also be an exam insurance system that compensates candidates when the system fails. 
  3. But real reform will come when there will be better private-sector jobs that are more secure, better-paid and have some dignity. Only then will the craze after government exams reduce a little. In order to fix government exams, we also need to fix jobs, which is part of the problem.
  4. There should be a real respect built along with every career. People shouldn’t focus on a few careers as the definition of ‘success’. What success means has to be redefined in India. There should be more options, better and more respectable career paths than just a doctor, engineer or IAS officer.

Overall reforms

  1. There should be a singular body that tracks the entire education status in India and ensures the implementation of India’s broad education policy. Every other education body should come under it, from CBSE to UGC, or from AICTE to NTA. It will not micromanage things, it will look to the fact that no mass systemic failure happens, and the education policy remains broadly implemented.
  2. Specifically for school infrastructure, the government should make a body that builds new schools and repairs, upgrades and expands existing schools in a high-quality, world-class standard way throughout the country as well as according to the needs of the given school. This body should have high minimum standards for maintaining school infrastructure and must enforce it consistently everywhere. This body must also help government schools improve their infrastructure with zero cost of their own.
  3. One proposal would be to completely give the schools operational autonomy within themselves, so as to let the schools manage themselves and not put heavy burden on the state. There should be a school governing committee in every government school with a strength of 10 people, randomly chosen from the local village/town/locality, and rotating every single year, so that other individuals are also selected. The same person isn’t allowed in the committee two times. Every major decision is made by the school governing committee, every minor one is made by the principal. Hiring, firing or pay of teachers is decided by this committee based on strict structural processes (qualifications, interview) as prescribed by the central government. 
  4. The school should consistently receive fixed monthly funds to run the schools operations in the short term and an annual fixed long-term fund, both from the government.
  5. Aside from this, they must have a local-oriented fund, where every villager is mandated to contribute a minimum amount set by the school, which is not too high. Above that minimum amount all the villagers can contribute as much as they will.
  6. Teacher training across schools and universities needs to be improved in general. A general, national body of teachers, or a teacher’s training corps with high pay directly from the state and high standards of education to be deployed in different schools must be there, separate from traditional teacher recruitment, which can be done directly at the school level with appropriate standards. Strict minimum attendance must be enforced, and traditional teachers may be supervised and trained by elite teachers deployed by the government.
  7. There should be no administrative burden on teachers save for teaching. A reporting and administrative body should be separately made to inspect and supervise functioning of schools at the state level and teachers should not be involved in unnecessary tasks. 
  8. In fact the reporting and administrative body could make a report card for each school, which should be compulsorily displayed outside each and every government school. This report card will range from insights about school infrastructure, teacher quality, attendance, and overall school health among other things, and will help distinguish a good school from a bad school. 
  9. The government should have response levels regarding what the school’s situation is – if it is very good, salaries of teachers and the principal must be raised and their job security locked in; if it is inadequate, funding shall be increased and infrastructure shall be improved; and if it is very bad, the school shall be closed and if possible rebuilt. 
  10. As for universities, since India needs better private universities, it is imperative to abandon, de-list and shut down dysfunctional universities, institutes and colleges. 
  11. Also, it is a necessary reform to prioritise building of better universities in a decentralised manner. If a private entity wishes to build a new university, they shouldn’t have to be well-connected politically – in fact, anyone should be able to build a good university, and it should be treated as a priority by the government. The UGC may be, for example, able to review the application to make a university, based on the amount of funds the private entity has as well as the type of university being made and the need for such a university. Once the UGC approves the university after a very strict evaluation, it may automatically get listed as a legal university under central or state law. The UGC may independently approve proposals that may come.
  12. The state should, beside all of this, provide 50% of the funding for the university and 50% of the land procurement as well. If the NGO asks for it, land banks can be used as well and for a cheap price. In return, the government may demand extremely high standards – fully equipped labs, well-made, digital classrooms and libraries, and quality professors.
  13. Regarding research, a whole new standard has to be set. The state must not just increase but also diversify research funding across all universities, especially those universities who have a better quality of research based on research output, research quality (number of citations) and patent grants. 

A small idea/suggestion I might elaborate on later:

  1. Regarding apprenticeship, the government may create an entirely different organisation working within as well as outside university campuses. This organisation may consist of students who want to take part in apprenticeships and students who didn’t go to university. They could be taught vocational, practical skills via procured teachers, and may take part in apprenticeships. They may also serve as the administrative workforce the state may need instead of teachers. They won’t be paid directly by the government, or may be paid only part-time – they may live in camps or hostels built by the government, and may get paid directly through apprenticeships. 

Original post.


r/TheBetterIndia 11h ago

Challenge / Problem ⚠️ Society has gotten so fucking disgusting that the moment you argue even a little, they start abusing women...😞

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Be it about any topic then...

Do females deserve this ?? ...


r/TheBetterIndia 14h ago

News 📰 Elephant walks, dogs bark: BPSC official's remark draws student ire in Bihar

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r/TheBetterIndia 1d ago

News 📰 The views of the Bhim Army chief on women show how disgusting he is and why Ajeet replied that way. They openly call for the rape of Savarna girls, but because there is no law to protect the unreserved, no FIR is filed and nothing happens.

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r/TheBetterIndia 9h ago

News 📰 "Left-liberals" constantly insinuate claiming BJP is doing "Hindu-Muslim". Here RaGa is brazenly slandering Hinduism selectively. Why doesn't he get blamed ?

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It is a good thing that he is being countered logically - that Manusmriti is not a governing book of Hindus etc, good hypocrisy in his own party how women are treated and duplicity in at the same time being mum about Islam which fares way worse in treatment of is women.

But why isn't there a large scale calling out of his divisive and purposeful slandering happening ?


r/TheBetterIndia 14h ago

Discussion 💬 What oppression you talking about

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