How India Rises

Spending on transport in India has more than tripled as a share of GDP since 2014. India is currently building more than 6,000 miles of highways per year, and has doubled the length of its rural road network since 2014.

India has twice as many airports today as it did a decade ago, with domestic passengers more than doubling in quantity to top 200 million.

Average monthly per capita consumption expenditure in urban areas rose by 146% in the last decade. Meanwhile, India is whittling down its infamous bureaucratic hurdles to become an easier place for industry.

According to the World Bank’s annual Doing Business report, India rose from a rank of 134th in 2014 to 63rd in 2020. The country’s main stock index, the BSE Sensex, has increased in value by 250% in the last decade.

The BJP won a record number of votes by women in the 2019 national elections, and is projected to do so again in 2024, as voter participation and voting by women continue to climb.

Rural access to piped water in India has climbed to more than 75% from just 16.8% in 2019.

Modi declared India free of open defecation in 2019 after a campaign to build more than 110 million toilets.

According to the International Energy Agency, 45% of India’s electricity transmission lines have been installed in the last decade.