Regional Agenda National Strategy Day on India Delivering Growth in the New Context

The National Strategy Day on India, convened by the World Economic Forum and the Confederation of Indian Industry, addressed critical barriers to India's growth across several sectors. Key focus areas included the need to shift education from rote learning to critical thinking to address a workforce where only 25% of college graduates are employable, and the ambition to add 175 gigawatts of renewable energy by 2022. The report highlights the success of the Jan Dhan Yojana in opening 190 million bank accounts but emphasizes the need to move from financial to economic inclusion. Additionally, it identifies a $1 trillion infrastructure deficit and the need for better urban planning and agricultural investment to ensure broad-based sustainability.

• India faces a significant human capital challenge; despite projected workforce growth, the country ranks 100th on the Human Capital Index, and only 25% of college graduates are viewed as employable by businesses.
• India has set an ambitious target to add 175 gigawatts of renewable energy, primarily wind and solar, by 2022, utilizing a successful reverse-bidding model to lower solar power costs.
• The Prime Minister’s Jan Dhan Yojana has successfully opened 190 million new banking accounts to provide households with access to credit, insurance, and pensions, though many of these accounts currently have zero balances.
• India's infrastructure sector suffers from a $1 trillion deficit, exacerbated by a lack of long-term finance and high non-performing assets, with 25% of bank NPAs originating from infrastructure loans.
• Urban economic contribution is rising, with cities generating 63% of India's GDP in 2015, a figure expected to reach 70%-75% by 2020, increasing the pressure on basic facilities and resilience.
• To improve agriculture, the government is establishing 42 food parks to increase the processing of agricultural produce, which currently stands at a low of 10%.

APA

World Economic Forum (2015). Regional Agenda National Strategy Day on India Delivering Growth in the New Context. http://www3.weforum.org/docs/NDSI15_report.pdf

Chicago

World Economic Forum. Regional Agenda National Strategy Day on India Delivering Growth in the New Context. 2015. http://www3.weforum.org/docs/NDSI15_report.pdf.

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BibTeX

@techreport{worldeconomicforum2015regional, author = {{World Economic Forum}}, title = {{Regional Agenda National Strategy Day on India Delivering Growth in the New Context}}, institution = {World Economic Forum}, year = {2015}, url = {http://www3.weforum.org/docs/NDSI15_report.pdf}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }