In his first address to the nation from the ramparts of the historic Red Fort after securing a third consecutive term, Prime Minister Narendra Modi dedicated significant time to the idea of transforming India into a developed country by 2047. Mr Modi discussed how the government had received ideas from across the country and was working on some of those suggestions to accelerate development. In fact, the idea of making India a developed nation by 2047 is being debated across the country. The government’s think tank, NITI Aayog, recently published an approach paper, which noted, in simple
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