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Can We Become a Viksit Bharat or Will Be Caught in the Middle-Income Trap?

In: India's Public Finance and Policy Challenges in the 2020s

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  • M. Govinda Rao

    (Karnataka Regional Imbalances Redressal Committee
    National Institute of Public Finance and Policy, Takshashila Institution)

Abstract

The fast-paced recovery after the sharp contraction seen during the pandemic has seen India reaching the pre-pandemic level. The international comparison shows India as the fastest-growing large economy and is expected to become the third-largest economy by 2030. Despite this, with per capita income at about USD. 2500, it is a lower middle-income country. From this having seen the fast pace of growth, the Prime Minister has set an aspirational target of achieving the high-income status by the centenary year of independence, 2047 which requires a more than fivefold increase in per capita income at the current exchange rate. Equally important is the challenge of employing the addition to the labour force and absorbing those in the informal sectors in productive better-paying jobs. This paper presents the nature of the challenge and the macroeconomic and structural reform needed to achieve them.

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  • M. Govinda Rao, 2025. "Can We Become a Viksit Bharat or Will Be Caught in the Middle-Income Trap?," India Studies in Business and Economics, in: K. R. Shanmugam (ed.), India's Public Finance and Policy Challenges in the 2020s, pages 11-25, Springer.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:isbchp:978-981-96-2860-5_2
    DOI: 10.1007/978-981-96-2860-5_2
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