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MKV's 360 Degrees | 'India's Mediocre Economy Will Not Change'

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Representative image. Workers sort bananas at the Siliguri Regulated Market for supply to retail shops and local markets, in Siliguri, Monday, May 25, 2026. Photo: PTI.

Economist Rathin Roy asserts India's growth will concentrate among the rich and the government will pay for the welfare of the very poor, leaving the vast majority of the middle class in a state of income-consumption stagnation. This is the mediocre, low productivity model of India's economy.

 

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