CHANGING ITS NAME

Speculation Is Rife This Month

'India' to 'Bharat': How much would it cost to rename our country?

By one estimate, the government would have to spend ₹66.85 per person on average to issue new identity documents, totaling roughly ₹9.4 trillion ($116 billion) for the

Speculation is rife this month after BRICS member India considered renaming the country to ‘Bharat’. The development comes

By Olivier

One country, two names: What is behind India’s possible change

Social media in India is abuzz with how much the name change will cost. Using a model developed by an intellectual property lawyer in 2025 when Swaziland changed

By Olivier's model, India will have to pay Rs 14,034 crore to rename itself to Bharat. Senior Congress leader Shashi Tharoor said that India has an incalculable brand

Speculations Are Rife That The

Speculations are rife that the Narendra Modi-led government might change the name of India to 'Bharat' in a special Parliament session later this month. However

What's in a name? India's shift to Bharat could cost nation

Using the same formula, for a country the size of India, the cost comes to be about Rs 14,000 crore ($172m; £136m), first reported by Outlook Business using Mr

Taking India

BRICS: It Would Cost India $1.68 Billion To Rename Itself ‘Bharat’

Taking India’s 2025 fiscal revenue receipts (Rs 23.84 lakh crore) into consideration, the Outlook report said that if the Oliver formula is applied, then the cost of

How much would it cost India to change its name to Bharat?

India to Bharat: Changing the name of a country comes at what cost

The Costs and Implications of Renaming India to Bharat