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At the core of this momentum is the vision of 'Amrit Kaal' - a transformational two-decade road map towards 'Viksit Bharat', fuelled by aggressive development and youth empowerment

Resilience amid the storm: India's arrival as a global power in 2025

Business Standard

The Planning Commission played a major role in policymaking till the 1991 reforms. In the 1970s it attracted top economists and policymaking was in the most capable hands. But after the reforms, many felt that such top-down centralised planning had outlived its usefulness.Hence the prime minister's decision to seek radical institutional change is timely. The critical question is how to replace the Planning Commission with a new institution to manage the still considerable government spending on development. There has been some talk of creating a 'think-tank' of eminent economists and other domain experts. But lack of expertise has never really been a problem in India. The essential challenge has been one of implementation and monitoring, and being able to understand grassroots problems related to implementing plans at the local levels.What is required is a grassroots stakeholder-based policy development process that makes a comprehensive effort to incorporate ideas from the field from

Pritam Banerjee

Pritam Banerjee

Pritam Banerjee

Resilience amid the storm: India's arrival as a global power in 2025

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