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One State One Story
Uttar Pradesh would be the world's fifth or sixth most populous country if it were independent. India's third-largest state economy in absolute terms, yet among the lowest per-capita incomes: the story of governing a state the size of a nation.
Questions India Must Answer
India built a Right to Repair portal in 2022, but not a law. As the EU and US states pass binding repair obligations, India's framework stays voluntary. What is the country actually choosing?
Poverty
We count how many Indians crossed the poverty line. We do not count how many crossed back. Four shocks undo a decade of climbing, and every one of them is a risk a functioning system would have pooled.
Digital India
India's mobile app market posted a record $345 million in consumer spending last quarter, and Sensor Tower says the growth is real. But set that number against 6.3 billion quarterly downloads and against what a download is worth in the United States, and the story gets more complicated than "India is finally paying."
India vs World
Botswana went from Africa's poorest to upper-middle-income using diamonds. Three levers: Pula Fund savings, De Beers JV, central bank independence. India's DMF gap.
India vs World
How Israel went from siege in 1948 to world-highest VC per capita by 2024. Three R&D levers India can adopt: OCS grants, Unit 8200, Aliyah absorption.
Governance
In 1990, Ireland's GDP per capita was $14,000. By 2023, it crossed $103,000. Three policies - a low corporate tax, the IDA, and English plus EU access - did it.
India vs World
How Vietnam went from 774% inflation in 1986 to a manufacturing titan with 24.8% of GDP from industry. Three levers India can replicate.
Governance
In 1960, South Korea's GDP per capita was $158 - lower than Ghana. By 2023, it crossed $35,000. Five inflection points explain how. Here is what India can learn.
India vs World
How the UAE went from desert villages in 1971 to the world's top logistics hub by 2024. Five levers India can study.
India grows about 20 million tonnes of mangoes a year. See how AI tools target disease, yield and harvest timing to cut 25 to 40 percent post-harvest losses.
Questions India Must Answer
Does MGNREGA work? India's rural jobs guarantee employs over 200 million people a year and spends Rs 70,000-90,000 crore. The evidence on both sides.
Operation Flood, led by Verghese Kurien, made India the world's largest milk producer by 1998 through cooperatives serving over 70 million farming families.
M.S. Swaminathan helped adapt high-yielding wheat and rice to India after the 1965 and 1966 shortages. A balanced assessment of the Green Revolution he led.
CMIE reported 45.4% youth unemployment for ages 15-24 in September 2023. See how it differs from PLFS data and why educated youth are hit hardest.
