GDP measures only the size of an economy. India’s economy must have more depth, more domestic industries, and faster income growth at the bottom, as China has achieved.
Contrary to naysayers, the RSS practices what it preaches. It is closer to the Gandhian teaching of improving the individual morally and spiritually to change the external environment.
CM Yogi Adityanath claims that from being called a ‘bimaru’ state, UP is now among the top-3 economies in India. The 2026 Budget session of the UP assembly is currently underway.
This is the game every nation is now learning to play. Some are finding new allies or seeing value among nations where they’d seen marginal interest. The starkest example is India & Europe.
For socialists, anything that can’t be achieved by them is useless. They can’t achieve high GDP, hence GDP is useless. They can’t become rich, hence everyone should be equally poor. They can’t build a developed country, hence remain content with handouts. No one can make utter flop plans like socialists.
Former Planning Commission Member Arun Maira’s point about the need to look beyond GDP growth figures is well-taken. However, it could have been more helpful if he could also have put forward some workable solutions on how India, the world’s most populous nation, can address the twin challenges of unemployment and underemployment in the backdrop of the growing advancements in AI technologies which are making many legacy jobs redundant. Informed opinions minus workable solutions can only take us that far.
For socialists, anything that can’t be achieved by them is useless. They can’t achieve high GDP, hence GDP is useless. They can’t become rich, hence everyone should be equally poor. They can’t build a developed country, hence remain content with handouts. No one can make utter flop plans like socialists.
Former Planning Commission Member Arun Maira’s point about the need to look beyond GDP growth figures is well-taken. However, it could have been more helpful if he could also have put forward some workable solutions on how India, the world’s most populous nation, can address the twin challenges of unemployment and underemployment in the backdrop of the growing advancements in AI technologies which are making many legacy jobs redundant. Informed opinions minus workable solutions can only take us that far.