Amid this plethora of demands and slogans, there was also support for systemic changes to the Indian political structure.

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Yet none of this has posed a systemic threat to India's democratic structure.

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The first is cost based, as systemic changes associated with access to hosting services, and ability to collect and structure big data have helped companies adopt technology.

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