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What experience has our economy had over the past couple of years relative to these goals?
India attained a sustained growth of GDP in the last decade with
rising per capita income and also a reduction in the poverty level.
India’s per capita income is 1/20th of UK. India a moving towards
persistent trade and fiscal deficits with a high inflation rate in
the recent years. This high inflation is an important constraint on
competitiveness and economic growth. This leads to the reduction of
confidence of the Indian investors who invest in FDI. There is a
spontaneous change from agriculture to service sector.
The supply side factors which helped India to attain the economic
goals are fast growing population of working age, the strong legal
system of India and large number of English language speakers, low
cost of the wage rates, advanced economic structure etc. On the
other hand, there are several obstacles in the growth of the
economy. They are poor infrastructure, low productivity and weak
human capital, high rate of inflation and persistent trade deficit,
low level of savings and the closed economic nature of the economy.
There is a comparative advantage of the business software. The
rapid urbanisation makes structural changes in the economy. Now
India is in the edge of technological revolution. Artificial
intelligence, big data, machine learning and other innovations were
emerged in the economy. This new innovations change the nature of
work and productivity of every sector.