India turns 100 in 2047. Will it be a wealthy nation by then? Will poverty and homelessness be wiped out and will no child go hungry? If you choose to believe the statements of the country’s leaders and many optimists, India will be a paradise for all when it becomes a centenarian. Unfortunately, the reality is that a few decades from now, while the country will be among the top three economies of the world in terms of GDP, the nation will struggle to join the ranks of what are termed the ‘high income’ or ‘developed’ countries, even if it maintains its current growth rate in the intervening years.