AI and the Indian Economy book cover

BOOK ONE OF THE AI AND INDIA TRILOGY

AI AND THE INDIAN ECONOMY

OPPORTUNITY, DISRUPTION, AND THE FUTURE OF WORK & GROWTH

How will AI change the economic life of India?

PHYSICAL INDIA DIGITAL INDIA AI INDIA

THE FUTURE OF WORK

PRODUCTIVITY

Where AI raises output per worker, and where it simply substitutes for labour.

EMPLOYMENT

Which sectors absorb automation, and which shed jobs faster than they create them.

SKILLS

The retraining gap between India’s workforce and an AI-augmented economy.

ENTREPRENEURSHIP

New categories of firms and founders that AI makes possible — and the ones it forecloses.

GROWTH

Whether AI lifts aggregate growth, or concentrates gains in a narrow band of the economy.

DEVELOPMENT

What AI means for a country still building basic infrastructure and formal employment.

THE ASPIRATION ECONOMY

How AI reshapes what a good job, a good degree, and a good life are believed to require.

THE EVIDENCE

DATA ON WORK, PRODUCTIVITY & GROWTH

EMPLOYMENT BY SECTOR

PRODUCTIVITY TREND

ADOPTION BY REGION

FIGURES ILLUSTRATIVE · PUBLISHED DATA ACCOMPANIES THE BOOK

WHAT HAPPENS TO WORK WHEN INTELLIGENCE BECOMES AUTOMATABLE?