Why India

In a major boost towards attaining Viksit Bharat, billionaire investor Ray Dalio opined that India is favorably placed as the world enters a period in which several powerful historical forces are colliding at once, a convergence that typically marks the end of one global order and the birth of another. he highlighted that India has emerged with the strongest set of “ingredients” for sustained growth over the next decade.

In its latest Global Economic Prospects report, the World Bank said India's resilience helped lift overall growth in South Asia in 2025, offsetting the impact of heightened policy uncertainty and global trade frictions. India's economy is projected to remain among the world's fastest-growing major economies, with growth estimated at 7.2 per cent in FY2025-26.

India's banking sector has achieved a multi-decade milestone with bad loans falling to a low of 2.1%. The RBI's latest report highlights strong balance sheets, double-digit credit growth, and resilient NBFCs. PM Modi's commitment to financial stability and ease of doing business continues to drive nationwide economic expansion.

"Put your money where your mouth is." It is an adage. It simply means this: show by actions and not just words that you support or believe in something. For long, the world's top CEOs have expressed confidence in India's growth prospects. Unlike anytime in its history, India is now being scoped out by Amazon, Microsoft, and Google, who have in the past few weeks collectively committed over $67 billion.

E-commerce giant Amazon has announced plans to invest more than $35 billion across all its businesses in India through 2030, seeking to expand exports, create jobs and invest in artificial intelligence. "The investment will create one million jobs, boost cumulative exports to $80 billion, and deliver Al benefits to 15 million small businesses", the e-commerce company statement added.

Mobile phone imports in the country have become almost negligible at around 0.02 per cent of domestic demand in 2024-25 from 75 per cent 10 years ago, according to data shared in Parliament on Friday. Minister of State for electronics and IT Jitin Prasada, in a written reply to the Rajya Sabha, shared that production of electronic goods has increased 6 times to Rs 11.3 lakh crore in 2024-25 from 1.9 lakh crore in 2014-15, following measures taken by the government.

For the first time since 2021, when Apple started production in India, its iPhone exports from the country crossed Rs 2 trillion in 2025. Its exports in January-December 2025, according to data provided, reached a record $23 billion, up nearly 85% over the corresponding 12 months of 2024. Apple's main focus under the PLI scheme in India till 2024 had remained expanding the exports of iPhones.

India's electronics exports crossed the Rs 4 lakh crore mark in 2025 and are expected to grow further as four semiconductor manufacturing plants begin commercial production this year, Union Electronics and IT Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said. According to official estimates, electronics production stood at around Rs 11.3 lakh crore in 2024-25, while exports were valued at about Rs 3.3 lakh crore.

Bosch says India is emerging as a global Al development hub for its tech innovations, especially in smart mobility and industrial manufacturing, supported by over 20,000 Bosch software developers in the country. The German firm, which has committed $2.9 bn in Al innovation globally, sees India as a major growth and software hub, with increasing responsibility for global development.

The next 20-25 years will be the era of India, which over the next decade or more is going to grow at 8-10 per cent, BlackRock CEO Larry Fink said. India, he said, has less need for the importation of capital. He went on to say that India over the next 10-plus years is going to grow from 8-10%. Praising the Modi government, he said digitised rupee has transformed commerce in the country.

The half-yearly numbers of India's top listed companies point to a clear pick-up in corpor- ate capital expenditure. The combined fixed as- sets of listed companies -excluding banks, financial services and insurance (BFSI) and oil & gas - rose 13.1 per cent year-on-year (Y-o-Y) during April-Sep- tember 2025 (H1FY26), expanding at the fastest pace in six years.