Despite Consistent experience of High growth, India still goes with the lowest indicators of human development. Examine the issues that make balanced and inclusive development elusive.

The op-ed shows that high growth without jobs, wages and human capital does not translate into broad development, the core of this question.

• Despite being the fastest-growing major economy, India risks the middle-income trap; WDR 2024 estimated it would take 75 years to reach a quarter of U.S. per capita income.
• Agriculture employs more than 45% of workers in low-productivity jobs, and real wages stagnated or fell between 2012 and 2022 (ILO), holding back consumption.
• Remedies include stronger early childhood learning, vocational training with industry, and Dani Rodrik's 'productivism', which puts productive jobs at the centre of policy.