‘Multiple global challenges for India’
The Hindu
Talk on issues that would impact country’s economic growth
India needs policy focus in areas like infrastructure development, accelerating labour intensive manufacturing, education and skill of workers, improving social sector development and sustainable development, said director and vice-chancellor of Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research, Mumbai, S. Mahendra Dev.
He stated that India has to face many global challenges such as climate change, urbanisation, migration, technologies like automation, increased inequality, changes in political factors like the US and China policies, Brexit and protectionism.
While delivering the Waheeduddin Khan Memorial Lecture on ‘Beyond India @75: Growth, Inclusion and Sustainability’ at the Centre for Economic and Social Studies (CESS) on Thursday, Prof. Dev said that there are issues like geopolitical challenges with a new bipolar world — USA/China — emerging in the recent past with old bipolar world — USA/Russia, and international trade and protection, and technologies like automation, robotics, 3D printing, digitisation and Artificial Intelligence and increasing inequalities.
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