India's future hinges on the Gangetic plain

Sustaining the growth momentum seen in FY23 in the three states along the country's holiest river is key to realising Viksit Bharat@ 2047

Whether India, that is Bharat, becomes a developed country by 2047 depends not only on what happens in Bengaluru, Chennai, Mumbai, and Hyderabad, its most advanced cities, or in Gujarat or Delhi — though these engines are crucial to pull India forward. Equally important will be whether the bogies at the back of the train, Uttar Pradesh and Bihar, India’s poorest states, and slow-growing West Bengal, together constituting a third of India’s population (460 million) remain a drag or transform into a back engine propelling India’s economy forward. The future of India, ironically, lies very much in the plains formed