Summary of Findings

On the Atlas's baseline measurement, actors aligned with Hindutva hold 45.7 of every 100 points of power over India. Other actors, domestic and foreign, hold 54.3.

The composite combines 32 domestic arenas, grouped into seven domains, with 8 assessments of external actors. Domestically the reading is 48.6; against external actors it is 32.7. Of the 40 arenas, 10 show an aligned majority (a reading of 60 or more), 9 are contested (45 to 60) and 21 show an opposed majority (below 45).

Three findings stand out.

1. Power is concentrated in office. The highest readings are in the instruments of the State: executive office (89.5), police and central agencies (84.7) and public expenditure (81.1). These depend on holding government. Recomputed for a counterfactual in which the BJP holds no office at the Union or in any state, the composite falls from 45.7 to 36.7. About 9.0 points are therefore contingent on electoral success.
2. Knowledge and elite institutions read low. The lowest domestic readings are expert authority within the State (7.2), universities and think tanks (15.7), the committed core electorate (15.9) and newspapers and the elite press (21.7). The domain of knowledge as a whole reads 16.2.
3. Mass audiences and elites diverge. Television news (58.2), cinema and streaming (56.3) and interpersonal communication (53.7) are contested or better, while the elite press and the institutions that train and brief officials, judges and journalists read well below 45.

Each figure is a point estimate under stated rules. Chapter 4 sets out the main sources of uncertainty, and Chapter 61 separates durable from office-dependent power.