India Overtakes Japan as the Fourth-Largest Economy: Is the Excitement Justified? | The Wire

Since yesterday, India’s path to becoming the world’s fourth-largest economy, one that is projected to soon surpass Japan has made headlines and occupied national online spaces.

While the official change in rankings might still be a year out, most of the overenthusiastic mainstream media have already declared the inevitable.

Nonetheless, a nation’s economic story is rarely captured by its headline GDP alone. The Wire’s founding editor M.K. Venu discusses other metrics at play with Zeeshan Kaskar in this live discussion.

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49 Comments

  1. अगर जश्न मनाने की बात नहीं है तो विलाप करने की भी बात नहीं है।

  2. DO U TRUST THE DATA PRESENTED BY THE IMF AND NITI AAYOG. THIS DISPENSATION IS POPULARLY UNPOPULAR ON DATA MANAGEMENT WHEN EVER REQUIRED.

  3. 😂😂little Japan thata was once destroyed by atmbms and mighty inri awith 15/ crore ppl😂😂I xan only laugh if anyone seems happy

  4. Ge adani ambani birla se pahuncha hai, 100 crire aadmi rafion le pal raha, Aur joRashion Diya jata Hai uski quality check kar liya jaaye

  5. This is the kind of restraint a mature and wise media channel or a mature person does. Don't immediately jump and thump after getting success. Analyse what that success is and whether such a success counts in real growth or is it just a pseudo growth. Just a few days ago my friend went to Japan and he is in awe saying we can't be like them even in the next 50 years!

  6. Fourth largest economy? Okay that's awesome 👍🏻😀 Now let's talk about Per Capita Income minus direct and indirect taxex and India's ranking in other human and social indices. 😎

  7. आज की तारीख में जापान 2050 में जी रहा है और हम 2025 में भी पीछे जा रहे हैं 😂

  8. @venu the Japanese exposure to dollar conversion is locked and will not weaken the GDP in doll terms. But india is vulnerable to dollar and once doll starts strengthening ' INR will weaken and will impact the GDP in dollar terms.

  9. 80 crore + Indians getting free rations, Why ? 😢😢😢
    India 142 crores, Japan 13 crores. What is the big deal in GDP ? Has quality of life improved on ground is the hard reality check, each one must undertake.

  10. 90% of India is living below sub-saharan conditions and lower per capita. 10% will cross Japan in fake GDP numbers next year but Bihar elections are now, thus the fake narratives. 😂 Body me jinke sindoor tha, ab lagta hai wo pani ho gya hai, wo narrative nai chala. BJP Pakistani agents ka adda ban gyi hai

  11. Bhai why go in such a lengthy details, only andh bhakts will enjoy and celeberate for this nonsence comparision, Just look at the Per Capita Income of the world countries you will know who ranks above India and India rank above who.

  12. जय भारत जय संविधान जय-जवान जय-किसान जय भीम विश्व में भारत देश चौथीं अर्थव्यवस्था बनीं होगी लेकिन उधोगपति मित्रों के लिए देश में आम आदमी के जीवन में कुछ परिवर्तन नहीं आया है और नहीं उनके हालात में कुछ सुधार आये है सत्य मेव जयते

  13. Before Bihar election India beame No 04 and Before UP election 27 Indias position willbe 3rd Economy of World after & 2029 q
    I will be 01-🤩

  14. नासमझ जनता को बेवकूफ बनाया जा रहा है। ये समझिए कि देश में जितने ज़्यादा लोग उतनी बड़ी GDP !
    BHARAT per capita GDP में 140वे नंबर पर है ?
    चाहे तो गूगल पर चेक कर सकते हैं

  15. मुबारक हो सूत्रों से खबर लगी कि भारत चोथी अर्थ व्यवस्था बन चूंका है ✍️ ✍️ 🇮🇳 🇮🇳 लगता है हम भारतवासीयो पर नया ओर कोई टैक्स लगा है

  16. India's GDP should be at least 134 trillion to catch up with USA. Per capita GDP of India is one twelfth of Japan and one twentieth of Germany.
    Per capita GDP ranking of India in the world is 140.
    Look at the economic health of Indians.

  17. Common people are still struggling for jobs😢. All this are useless unless we get money in hands of people. Here govt is necoming tich not people. Lifestyle is devreasing with inflation day by day

  18. देश की अस्सी करोड़ जनता अपने लिए गेहू चावल खरीदने लायक नहीं है।
    मज़ाक बनाना है तो बात और है।

  19. I believe Modi govt forced YouTube influencers to show off Indian made luxury flats cars designer clothes jewelry fancy restaurants to create fake online prosperity of India. So that when govt releases false claims of India being No 4 then middle class voters be fooled easily n they won't question unemployment poverty starvation