<Can India achieve double-digit growth? Yes, we most certainly can. Indeed, we must if we want to make India a Developed Nation by 2020. Should this growth be inclusive? Yes, it has to be; otherwise imbalances in development will create more problems. What is needed for India to achieve double-digit inclusive growth? A culture of cooperation between the government and the opposition, a culture of partnership between the government, business community and people's organisations, and above all, commitment to good governance.>[Goanet/Carlos, May 20]
Why do I get the feeling that with a few unavoidable changes this advice could have been given by a leader of any big developing country -- China, Brazil, Indonesia, Mexico etc. Even as regards India, this would have been as valid 50 years ago as it is today and perhaps 5 years hence! What really is new in it? It is a development formula that might do any academic proud. But, as the saying goes, the proof of the pudding is in the eating!
