India at 79: Nehruvian Socialism to Viksit Bharat@2047; natural capital continues to be compromised
India’s recent growth story has always been construed as a post-1991 liberalisation phenomenon. The formative decades after independence in 1947, however, unfold a dismal picture with growth numbers struggling even at low bases of the GDP, as the state embraced a “Nehruvian Socialist” pattern of development. The newly independent republic, scarred by colonial exploitation, embarked