Viksit Bharat calls for 2.5 percentage points higher growth, says Montek Singh Ahluwalia
Montek Singh Ahluwalia, former Deputy Chairman of the Planning Commission, on what needs to be done to put India on a higher growth path and the challenges ahead.
Print Edition: Mar 16, 2025
"India needs deeper reforms and higher investments," says Montek Singh Ahluwalia.
Montek Singh Ahluwalia, former Deputy Chairman of the Planning Commission and noted economist, is one of the key architects of economic reforms from the 1980s. He has closely worked on and tracked policies that have fast-tracked economic growth. In an interview with Business Today’s Surabhi, he notes that the 1991 reforms raised longer-term growth about two percentage points above the pre-reforms rate and says we now need a much larger acceleration. India needs deeper reforms and higher investments for this, he says. Edited excerpts:
