Let’s reflect on what’ll make India a developed country
Live MintDuring his recent United Nations General Assembly speech, external affairs minister S. Jaishankar told the world about India’s ambition to become a developed country by 2047, a century after the country’s independence. Usually, countries are considered developed based on the size of their GDP, and therefore the per capita income of their citizens, along with the presence of high-quality infrastructure. If we work with the general characteristics of these economies to define a developed country, the following points come to mind: First, most of these countries are home to the world’s largest multinational corporations, taking advantage of global movement of capital. Usually, countries are considered developed based on the size of their GDP, and therefore the per capita income and change at every socio-economic level.