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Original Article
Reimagining Development in India: A Critical Analysis of the Viksit Bharat Vision
Amir Sohial Khan1
Dr. Noorjahan2
1 Research Scholar, Department of Political Science, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh, India. 2 Guest Faculty, School of Education Studies, B.R Ambedkar University, Delhi, India.
Published Online: January-February 2026
Pages: 16-21
Cite this article
↗ https://www.doi.org/10.59256/ijrtmr.20260601002
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https://www.niti.gov.in/sites/default/files/2024-07/WP_Viksit_Bharat_2024-July-19.pdf
2. Kohli, A. (2012). Poverty amid plenty in the new India. cambridge university Press.
3. Singh, M. (1998). India's economic reforms and development: essays for Manmohan Singh. Oxford University Press.
4. Nayyar, D. (2019). Resurgent Asia: diversity in development (p. 320). Oxford University Press.
5. NITI Aayog. (2024, July 19). Viksit Bharat@2047: Towards a developed India (Working Paper). Government of India.
https://www.niti.gov.in/sites/default/files/2024-07/WP_Viksit_Bharat_2024-July-19.pdf
6. Sachs, J. D. (2015). The age of sustainable development. Columbia University Press.
7. Drèze, J., & Sen, A. (2013). An uncertain glory: India and its contradictions. In An uncertain glory. Princeton University Press.
8. Sen, A. (1999). Development as Freedom Oxford University Press Shaw TM & Heard. The Politics of Africa: Dependence and
Development.9. Colombetti, E. (2011). Creating Capabilities. The Human Development Approach. Philosophical News, 3.
10. Chibber, V. (2011). Locked in place: State-building and late industrialization in India. Princeton University Press.
11. Iyer, R. (1973). The moral and political thought of Mahatma Gandhi.
12. Panagariya, A. (2010). India: The emerging giant. Oxford University Press.
13. Harriss-White, B. (2003). India working: Essays on society and economy (No. 8). Cambridge University Press.
14. Mohapatra, S., & Pohit, S. (2024). Charting the path to a developed India: Viksit Bharat 2047 (No. 167). National Council of Applied
Economic Research.
15. Escobar, A. (2011). Encountering development: The making and unmaking of the Third World. Princeton University Press.
16. World Bank. (2022). India Development Update: Navigating the Storm. worldbank. org.
17. Sen, A. (2014). Development as freedom (1999). The globalization and development reader: Perspectives on development and global
change, 525.
18. Nussbaum, M. C. (2000). Women and human development: The capabilities approach (Vol. 3). Cambridge university press.
19. Kohli, A. (2012). Poverty amid plenty in the new India. cambridge university Press.
20. Drèze, J., & Sen, A. (2013). An uncertain glory: India and its contradictions. In An uncertain glory. Princeton University Press.
21. Singh, S., & Kumar, S. (2025). Sustainable Development Pathways for Viksit Bharat 2047: Balancing Economic Growth and
Environmental Conservation.
22. Mohapatra, S., & Pohit, S. (2024). Charting the path to a developed India: Viksit Bharat 2047 (No. 167). National Council of Applied
Economic Research.
23. Kolekar, P. N. (2025). Viksit Bharat 2047: Pathways to a Developed, Inclusive and Sustainable India. ಅಕ್ಷರಸೂರ್ಯ (AKSHARASURYA),
9(02), 06-to.
24. Mr. Avaneesh Tripathi, & Dr. Rabindranath Lenka. (2025). INNOVATION-LED DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIES MARCHING
TOWARDS VIKSIT BHARAT 2047. International Journal of Recent Research in Interdisciplinary Sciences (IJRRIS), 12(4), 25–
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.18031596
25. Shweta Paul, & Regina John. (2025). Viksit Bharat @ 2047: A Paradigm of Developed India. Educational Administration: Theory and
Practice, 31(2), 442–448. https://doi.org/10.53555/kuey.v31i2.11103
26. Verma, C. P. (2025). A Conceptual Study about Roadmap to Viksit Bharat 2047. Development of India through Business and Industries,
311.
27. Escobar, A. (2011). Encountering development: The making and unmaking of the Third World. Princeton University Press.
28. Sen, A. (2014). Development as freedom (1999). The globalization and development reader: Perspectives on development and global
change, 525.
29. Nussbaum, M. C., & Capabilities, C. (2011). The human development approach. Creating capabilities. Cambridge, MA: Belknap Press of
Harvard.
30. Drèze, J., & Sen, A. (2013). An uncertain glory: India and its contradictions. In An uncertain glory. Princeton University Press.
31. Escobar, A. (2011). Encountering development: The making and unmaking of the Third World. Princeton University Press.
32. Chatterjee, P. (2011). Lineages of political society: Studies in postcolonial democracy. Columbia University Press.
33. Kohli, A. (2012). Poverty amid plenty in the new India. cambridge university Press.
34. Harriss-White, B. (2003). India working: Essays on society and economy (No. 8). Cambridge University Press.
35. Government of India. (n.d.). Viksit Bharat initiative: Towards a developed India by 2047. Retrieved December 30, 2025, from
https://viksitindia.com/#:~:text=The%20Viksit%20Bharat%20initiative%20represents,improvement%20in%20their%20well%2Dbeing
36. World Bank. (2022, April 22). India development update: Recovery amidst uncertainty (Report No. IDU-25f34333-d3a3-44ae-8268-
86830e3bc5a5). World Bank Group. https://documents1.worldbank.org/curated/en/099722104222534584/pdf/IDU-25f34333-d3a3-44ae-
8268-86830e3bc5a5.pdf
37. United Nations India. (2025, December 23). India’s human development continues to make progress: Ranks 130 out of 193 countries.
United Nations. https://india.un.org/en/294474-india%E2%80%99s-human-development-continues-make-progress-ranks-130-out-193-
countries
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