Connect with us

Opinion

Zakaria: These Revolutions May Help India Really Take off at Last

Published

on

(Shutterstock)
Share with friends

India is now the most populous country on the planet and is projected to be the fastest-growing large economy as well, at 5.9 percent this year. Prime Minister Narendra Modi said recently, “India’s time has arrived.”

A similar boast was made in the mid-2000s but while the enthusiasm turned out to be short-lived, the country did continue to make progress. It has been the second-fastest-growing large economy (behind China) for about 20 years. In recent years, however, it has been able to accelerate growth because of a series of revolutions.

One of them, the Jio revolution, came about through a staggering $46 billion bet by India’s biggest and most ambitious business leaders.

Read more from Fareed Zakaria at The Washington Post

Continue Reading
Advertisement GVwire