India 2050

INDIA 2050
The Future of 1.5 Billion People

What will India look like in 2050?

Will India become one of the world's greatest economic powers? Can its enormous population become its greatest advantage? What will artificial intelligence, technology, cities, education, jobs, manufacturing and rising incomes mean for the lives of ordinary Indians?

INDIA 2050 explores these questions and looks beyond today's headlines to examine the forces that could shape India's next twenty-four years.

From the rise of India's young population and the transformation of the Indian consumer to artificial intelligence, digital technology, manufacturing, entrepreneurship, urbanization, infrastructure, energy, climate and India's growing role in the world, this book explores the opportunities-and the challenges-that lie ahead.

India's future is not guaranteed.

A population of more than a billion people can become an extraordinary economic advantage-but only if India can turn people into productive, educated and skilled citizens. Technology can create unprecedented opportunities-but it can also disrupt jobs and increase inequality. Rapid economic growth can transform living standards-but only if that growth reaches ordinary households.

INDIA 2050 examines three possible futures:

India Ascends - a future where India successfully converts its demographic, technological and economic potential into broad prosperity.

India Advances - a future of strong but uneven progress, where India becomes significantly richer while continuing to face major challenges.

India Stalls - a future where unresolved problems prevent India from fully realizing its potential.

This is not a promise of what India will become.

It is an exploration of what India could become-and the choices that may determine the difference.

If you want to understand India's possible future, the opportunities emerging today, and the forces that could shape the country by 2050, INDIA 2050 offers a journey from the India we know today to the India we may live in tomorrow.

The future is not waiting for India.

India is building the future right now.