India’s Great Growth Sprint: The Road to Becoming the World’s No. 2 Economy

Presenting India Today Insight: Sharp analysis on topical issues by the editors of India Today magazine. CLICK HERE TO SUBSCRIBE TO INDIA TODAY MAGAZINE Save 37% with our annual Digital+Print offer just for ₹3299 The great growth sprint: How India must reinvent to become world’s second-largest economy For starters, India will have to grow at 8-9 per cent annually for the next 25 years while remaining socially cohesive and politically stable. The roadmap… By Anilesh S. Mahajan SPOTLIGHT: KAMAL HAASAN How Kamal Haasan’s Rajya Sabha berth may turn his political future Haasan has always kept the lines between cinema and politics blurred. With Parliament now part of his stage, his next act will be a keener watch By Kavitha Muralidharan FROM THE STATES: MAHARASHTRA Horse havoc in Matheran: Why the pedestrian hill town raised a green alarm An environmental assessment submitted to the National Green Tribunal has indicated rapid soil, water and air degradation in the Maharashtra tourist hotspot By Dhaval S. Kulkarni IN FOCUS: GAYA TO GAYAJI Why Nitish Kumar is playing the name game The Bihar chief minister hasn’t changed places with the BJP, yet. But his yielding maps an ongoing erosion By Amitabh Srivastava GROUND REPORT: CASE STUDIES How Karnataka plans to speed up disposal of piling civil cases The state’s amendments to the Code of Civil Procedure, incorporating mediation and time-bound case management, has received presidential assent By Ajay Sukumaran NEIGHBOURS: AWAMI LEAGUE ‘Blessing in disguise’: Why Awami League’s Obaidul Quader sees opening in Bangladesh turmoil The Awami League general secretary, in an exclusive interview, dwells on the state of affairs under the interim government and his vision for the party By Arkamoy Datta Majumdar HEALTH: SAVE THE MOTHERS How generic medicines can add scale to maternal care Eliminating maternal vulnerability means ensuring no woman is denied care because of cost and no village is left behind due to distribution gaps By Sonali Acharjee BOOKS: GEETA KAPUR The art of theory A collection of essays by the veteran art critic Geeta Kapur reflects the complex impulses that shaped Indian modernism By Bhavya Dore FROM THE ARCHIVES (1982): SIKKIM Sikkim: Death of a dynasty Irony struck when Palden Thondup Namgyal, the former Chogyal of Sikkim, passed into history: his voice box had been removed three months earlier so there was no final benediction to his people By Dilip Bobb Subscribe to the India Today Magazine Explore interesting insights! Follow our WhatsApp Channel for the exclusive stories and engaging content! Click here to follow us