In the Mood of the Nation Survey, PM Modi has once again emerged as the choice of the country. This survey conducted in August 2025 has seen a slight decline in the performance rating of the PM. In the survey conducted in February 2025, 62 percent of the people had described their performance as good, while this time 58 percent people have appreciated their work.

Despite the slight decline, these figures show the constant approval of the people towards Prime Minister Modi even after the 11 -year tenure. 34.2 percent of the people involved in the survey described Prime Minister Modi’s performance so far as outstanding, while 23.8 percent people have considered it good. However, in the last MOTN survey conducted in February, the percentage of people who described Prime Minister Modi’s performance as outstanding were 36.1 percent, which has seen a slight decline this time.

How many percent people called PM’s work bad
At the same time, 12.7 percent people described Prime Minister Modi’s performance as average, while 12.6 percent and 13.8 percent people described ‘bad’ and ‘very bad’.

What said about the functioning of NDA government
According to the survey, there has been a slight decline in public acceptance regarding the functioning of the NDA government. In February 2025, 62.1 percent of the people described their performance as ‘good’, but in these new survey this figure has come down to 52.4 percent. 15.3 percent of the people were neither satisfied nor dissolved, which is more than 8.6 percent in February. Statistics show that 2.7 percent of the people have expressed dissatisfaction with the government’s performance and this figure remained the same about six months ago.

The mood of the nation (MOTN) pole of India Today-C was held between July 1 to August 14, 2025, in which 54,788 people from all Lok Sabha constituencies were interacted. 1,52,038 additional interviews were also analyzed from C voter’s tracker data. A total of 2,06,826 people were consulted for this MOTN report.

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Public decision on Operation Sindoor
India Today and C-Voter have surveyed the ‘Mood of the Nation’. In which answers to many important questions have come out. The sample size of this survey was 2,06,826 and it was held between 1 July to 15 August 2025. When asked in the survey, how was the operation vermilion after the Pahalgam attack, 55% of the people called it a very strong response. 15% considered it normal, while 21% said it was a weak response.

Public opinion on government’s transparency
The transparency of the government regarding Operation Sindoor was also questioned. 54% of the people said that the government showed complete transparency. At the same time, 33% of the people disagreeed with this and they admitted that there was a lack of transparency.

Different opinion on ceasefire
The opinion of the people also appeared on why the ceasefire was a ceasefire. 31% of the people said that this was Prime Minister Modi’s decision. 29% believed that the step was taken under the pressure of Trump. While 25% of the people said that after giving up Pakistan, Pakistan itself was pleading for ceasefire.

Public stance on playing cricket with Pakistan
The survey also asked whether India should play cricket with Pakistan. Only 25% of the people responded in its favor. While the overwhelming majority i.e. 69% of the people said that India should not play cricket with Pakistan.