Rankings will eventually take care of themselves if incomes rise, opportunities expand, and inequality narrows; otherwise, even a higher place on the global table will mean nothing
India’s GDP growth between 2012 and 2023 may have been overstated, with actual expansion closer to 4–4.5% a year than the official estimate of about 6%, says a working paper by Abhishek Anand, Josh Felman and Arvind Subramanian
India’s economy is projected to grow 6.8–7.2 per cent in 2026-27, according to the Economic Survey, which flagged global trade risks and US tariffs, but maintained that strong fundamentals, policy reforms and resilient demand will keep growth momentum intact
