India's rapid economic growth has already lifted the economy into third place in the international GDP rankings, behind only China and the USA, once its large Informal economy is taken into account. Further continued growth of a similar order will, probably within a decade, bring India's GDP to within striking distance of that of the USA.

There is evidence to suggest that official data does not take sufficient account of the problems faced by the very large unofficial informal economy. But employment is clearly growing at pace in the "official" non-informal giant Indian economy.

India is clearly on the move again, with Covid problems receding rapidly in the rear view mirror.

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