India’s economic strength

From the Newspaper Published December 22, 2025

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By the end of the financial year in March, India will overtake Japan to become the world’s fourth-largest economy and be within striking distance of the third-largest, Germany, as per The Economist

Published in Dawn, The Business and Finance Weekly, December 22nd, 2025

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