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Challenges in Progressing Towards Viksit Bharat in Amrit Kaal Mukul Asher mukul.asher@gmail.com

22 Feb 2024

• Going by the constant cacophony on social media, it seems many of us need that 50 paisa rebuke Introduction • India is a Union of states • In a Federal government like the united states, an individual state can secede (civil war), but in Union Of States like India, there is no right for the state to secede • 28 States, 9 Union Territories, and 748 Districts • As of 2021 there are a total of 748. [...] • How prepared is India both in terms of capabilities and in mind-set to leverage its pivotal position in global consumer markets? India’s Current Position in the Global Economy • The next slide suggests that while India is improving in patent filings, in global science +technological hubs, India does not find a place in the top 50 hubs. [...] • Challenges • Fourth, domestically, ensuring the availability of a talented and appropriately skilled workforce to the industry, age-appropriate learning outcomes in schools at all levels and a healthy and fit population should remain important policy priorities in the com. [...] Challenges • Two full-blown multi-billion dollar semiconductor plants going to come up in India: MoS IT This is consistent with the previous slide Challenges • Reiterating the commitment of the Government to catalyze Research and Innovation as the foundation of development, the provisions of the Anusandhan Research Foundation #ANRF Act have been brought into force on February 5, 2024. [...] Challenges • The sixth challenge is to improve governance and fiscal management in the states, and to narrow differences in development among the states.

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Mukul Asher

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India