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New Delhi: The official target of turning India into a five trillion-dollar economy has missed yet another deadline. In 2018, Prime Minister Narendra Modi made the initial announcement setting the 2022 deadline for a $5 trillion economy on September 20, 2018, during the foundation stone laying ceremony of the India International Convention and Expo Centre in New Delhi.

When that initial target passed without success, the Modi government shifted the timeline to FY 2024-25. The GDP data for FY 2025-26 released this week shows that the government has missed this deadline as well, with the country’s GDP at Rs 346.4 lakh crore which equals approximately $3.6 trillion only. In response to these missed targets, Modi and his ministers have completely stopped mentioning the five........

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