**Executive Summary**
Prime Minister Narendra Modi met with eminent economists at NITI Aayog to discuss India's journey toward a developed nation by 2047. The focus was on "Aatmanirbharta and Structural Transformation: Agenda for Viksit Bharat." Discussions included mission-mode reforms across sectors, enhancing productivity and competitiveness. The meeting took place on December 30, 2025.
**Key Points / Main Content**
* **Vision 2047:**
* Developed India by 2047 has become a mass aspiration, evident in education, consumption, and global mobility patterns.
* Enhanced institutional capacity and proactive infrastructure planning are needed.
* **Reforms and Growth:**
* Mission-mode reforms are necessary to build global capability and attain global integration.
* India's policymaking and budgeting must align with the vision for 2047.
* India needs to remain a vital hub for the global workforce and international markets.
* **Enhancing Productivity:**
* Strategic insights were shared on enhancing productivity and competitiveness in manufacturing and service sectors.
* Accelerating structural transformation requires increased household savings and robust infrastructure development.
* Adoption of cutting-edge technology and Artificial Intelligence (AI) is essential.
* Continued scaling of India's Digital Public Infrastructure (DPI) is important.
* **Future Outlook:**
* The unprecedented cross-sectoral reforms in 2025, with further consolidation, will ensure India's position as a fast-growing global economy.
**Impact Analysis**
**Government/Policymakers**
* **Impact:** Must ensure that India's policymaking and budgeting are anchored with vision for 2047 and implement mission-mode reforms.
* **Action Required:** Implement policies that encourage structural transformation through increased household savings, robust infrastructure development, and technology adoption.
**Economists and Experts**
* **Impact:** Provide strategic insights on enhancing productivity and competitiveness across manufacturing and service sectors.
* **Action Required:** Continue to explore and advise on policies that promote growth, innovation, and competitiveness, particularly in the context of achieving the 2047 vision.
**Citizens of India**
* **Impact:** The vision of a developed India by 2047 has become a mass aspiration.
* **Action Required:** Support and adapt to evolving patterns of education, consumption, and global mobility.
Key Entities Referenced
NITI Aayog: A body of the Government of India that serves as a think tank.
Aatmanirbharta and Structural Transformation: Agenda for Viksit Bharat: The theme of interaction, indicating a focus on self-reliance and structural changes for developed India.
Viksit Bharat: A National Aspiration envisioning a developed India by 2047.
Prime Minister's Office
PM meets eminent economists at NITI Aayog
Theme of the interaction - Aatmanirbharta and Structural
Transformation: Agenda for Viksit Bharat
Vision of Developed India by 2047 has become a Mass
Aspiration: PM
To sustain long-term growth, PM calls for mission-mode
reforms across diverse sectors
Economists discuss the unprecedented flurry of cross
sectoral reforms in 2025 and share insights on enhancing
productivity and competitiveness across sectors
प्रव तथ: 30 DEC 2025 6:33PM by PIB Delhi
Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi interacted with a group of eminent economists and experts at NITI
Aayog, earlier today. The Theme of the interaction was ‘Aatmanirbharta and Structural Transformation:
Agenda for Viksit Bharat’.
Addressing the gathering, Prime Minister highlighted the core pillars for India’s journey toward 2047.
Speaking about Viksit Bharat as a National Aspiration, the Prime Minister noted that the vision of a
developed India by 2047 has transcended government policy to become a genuine mass aspiration. This
shift is evident in the evolving patterns of education, consumption, and global mobility, necessitating
enhanced institutional capacity and proactive infrastructure planning to meet the needs of an increasingly
aspirational society.
Prime Minister further stressed the need for mission-mode reforms to build global capability and attain
global integration. To sustain long-term growth, Prime Minister called for mission-mode reforms across
diverse sectors. He stressed that India’s policymaking and budgeting must remain anchored with vision for
2047. He also spoke about the need for ensuring that the nation remains a vital hub for the global
workforce and international markets.
During the interaction, the economists shared strategic insights on enhancing productivity and
competitiveness across the manufacturing and services sectors. The discussions focused on accelerating
structural transformation through increased household savings, robust infrastructure development, and the
adoption of cutting-edge technology. The group explored the role of Artificial Intelligence (AI) as an
enabler of cross-sectoral productivity and also discussed the continued scaling of India’s Digital Public
Infrastructure (DPI).The participants noted that the unprecedented flurry of cross sectoral reforms in 2025, and their further
consolidation in the coming year, will ensure that India continues to chart its path as one of the fastest
growing global economies by strengthening its foundations and unlocking newer opportunities.
Several renowned economists and experts were part of the discussion, including Shri Shankar Acharya,
Shri Ashok K Bhattacharya, Shri N R Bhanumurthy, Ms. Amita Batra, Shri Janmejaya Sinha, Shri Amit
Chandra, Ms. Rajani Sinha, Shri Dinesh Kanabar, Shri Basanta Pradhan, Shri Madan Sabnavis, Ms.
Ashima Goyal, Shri Dharmakirti Joshi, Shri Umakant Dash, Shri Pinaki Chakraborty, Shri Indranil Sen
Gupta, Shri Samiran Chakraborty, Shri Abhiman Das, Shri Rahul Bajoria, Ms. Monika Halan and Shri
Siddhartha Sanyal.
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