A solid news analysis that ties India's national security, politics and class issues to the country's economic outlook. Very effective weaving of statistics with discussion of their significance. Five for context.

When the discussion revolves around concrete stats, few publications so succinctly paint an even-handed, sober, informative picture of the challenges and opportunities facing their subject as the Economist. Highly recommended economic forecast for India.

While a decent overview, it peddles several opinions as fact without indicating whether the opinions are commonly-held or if some of them are contested. For example: "To make a serious dent in poverty, India needs to keep up economic growth of around 8% a year" .. "Some 65% of Indians live on agriculture, which accounts for less than 18% of GDP. Shifting them to more productive livelihoods ..." .... "India’s other big constraints, its cumbersome labour and land laws, should be easier to fix..". All these statements are based on an beliefs/opinions that India needs to shift away from agriculture, that higher economic growth automatically translates to reduced poverty, and that land acquisition for industrial and ... More »

This article was written to inform the reader of Indian's present circumstances, and in that sense it does.