India’s Western Dedicated Freight Corridor is fully operational; the 2,843-km Eastern and Western Dedicated Freight Corridor network will pull logistics costs down from a high of nearly 8% of GDP, potentially redefining the geographic distribution of Indian manufacturing, the resilience of export logistics, and India’s role in global supply chains.
Review the 2002 Frontline magazine's assessment of India's economic reforms, analyze the achievements and hidden concerns since the 1991 reforms, and explore their implications for India's subsequent development.
This article is based on a 2002 evaluation article from *Frontline* magazine, providing an in-depth analysis of India's growth performance after the 1991 economic reforms, structural issues, and the necessity of second-generation reforms, offering a framework for understanding India's long-term economic challenges.
Based on the classic analysis in the 2002 issue of *Frontline* magazine, this article re-examines India's growth trajectory, structural imbalances, and the "second-generation reforms" agenda following its 1991 economic reforms, providing historical coordinates for understanding India's ongoing economic transformation.
India's economy shows a K-shaped divergence: high-end technology and innovation sectors are advancing rapidly, while ordinary households face the dual pressures of inflation, debt, and declining consumer confidence. The article analyzes the structural contradictions behind these two major signals and proposes directions for policy adjustment.
Maharashtra has released the 2026-27 State Focus Paper, outlining a priority sector credit potential of 10.28 trillion rupees, with funding directed mainly toward agriculture, MSMEs, rural infrastructure, and financial inclusion. This is not just a credit plan, but a model of how India’s local economy is embedding the banking system into its growth strategy.