Incredible India 2.0

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About the Book 

In incredible India 2.0, Amitabh Kant covers a wide range of aspects that India must achieve to become a world-leading nation. From developing clusters that foster productivity and innovation, thereby making India The global hub for seamlessly doing business, to creating an ecosystem of shared mobility to become a critical enabler of growth in urban areas, to the manner in which the aspirational district programme is forging the first step to ensuring a nationally inclusive development strategy, these developments show the extent of the path-breaking solutions for key sectors that can emerge as the cornerstone for India’s future growth. These unique and focused ideas form a ready reference not just for young minds, but will also enthuse and inspire future leaders of this great country on their journey to make India a global powerhouse.

ISBN : 978-9353337308 Pages : 208, Rupa Publications ; Paperback

About the Author : 

AMITABH KANT is currently the CEO of the National Institution for Transforming India (NITI Aayog). A 1980-batch Indian Administrative Service officer of the Kerala Cadre, he is the author of Branding India: An Incredible Story, and the editor of The Path Ahead: Transformative Ideas for India. Kant has been a key driver of initiatives like Make in India, Startup India, Incredible India! and God’s Own Country, which have positioned India as a leading manufacturing and tourism destination.

Short Introduction of the Book :

There remain a host of challenges in front of India in its march towards an upper-middle income country. However, this does not mean that these challenges are insurmountable. All of us will have to work together—be it the government, civil society or private sector, in order to realize our collective ambitions for India. Growth has to come before redistribution.

In Incredible India 2.0, I have narrowed down the focus areas to what I consider to be the pillars of a world-beating nation. These are the developments in business and the economy towards making India the global hub for doing business, along with the efforts towards frontier technologies; governance reforms that enhance transparency, accountability, efficiency and ease of living; social sector development whether through an unprecedented exercise such as the Aspirational Districts Programme, Ayushman Bharat and the reform of the healthcare sector, reforms in education, and other social sector initiatives;