India’s success story in mobile phone exports needs to be viewed as the first step in acquiring a deeper supply chain ecosystem. Densification of supply chains needs to be promoted.
Tax collections have outpaced growth in India’s underlying economy for two years in a row now. This can have profound implications for the fiscal foundation of the Indian state in case the trend can be sustained over the rest of this decade.
These digital platforms span all aspects of a citizen’s life – birth, infant nutrition, health, educational scholarships, marriage, taxes, housing subsidies, pensions, and more.
The economic recovery around the world has been uneven. India has managed to avoid the inflationary surge that many rich countries are battling as well as the balance-of-payments crises that have brought many of our neighbours to their knees.