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The Economic Times
The Economic Times

China escaped middle income trap but India still stuck in it; 4 economists debate if 6.5% growth is enough for Viksit Bharat

India's headline GDP growth looks enviable on a global chart. But is it durable enough to actually make Indians richer? That was the central question Deepak Ajwani, Editor, ET Digital, put to four leading economists at the ET Alpha Wealth Summit, and the answers ranged from cautiously hopeful to quietly alarming.

The panel included Garima Kapoor of Elara Securities, Dr Aurodeep Nandi of Nomura, Sakshi Gupta of HDFC Bank, and Dharmakirti Joshi of CRISIL. None of them pulled punches.

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