Indian economy to be close to $30 trillion by 2047: Amitabh Kant

03 Jun 2025 Evaluate

Expressing optimism over India’s economic growth, G20 Sherpa Amitabh Kant has said that the country’s economy, which is currently $4 trillion in size, is expected to be close to $30 trillion by 2047 and the country also has the advantage of younger demographics. He said ‘The demographics are very young. The Western part of the world is ageing and Japan has already aged, even China is ageing. India is just 28 and even when we become 100, the average age will be 35 years. It is a country of baby boomers’.

According to him, the country is a $4 trillion economy and just became the fourth largest economy in the world. While emphasising about sustainable urbanisation, he said the country will see around 5 million people getting into the process of urbanisation and there will be a need to create 500 new cities in India. He said ‘You need to create two new Americas in the next five decades. You need to create a Chicago every five years in India. That is the challenge for India’.

He also said that India's ambition is to create 400 airports. There are more than 150 operational airports in the country. He noted ‘You need great airports, great airlines, you need them to do long haul... IndiGo and Air India with their wide body aircraft should go out and compete with Emirates, Qatar Airways... We believe in competing in the marketplace’.


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