“You spent Rs.50 lakh for ahi-tech car. I told you to buy a car worth Rs.35 lakh and a genset for Rs.15 lakh. Now we’re enjoying.”

The vision of Viksit Bharat by 2047, with India aspiring to become a $30 trillion economy and raise per capita income to between $18,000 and $26,000, is undoubtedly ambitious. However, ambition cannot substitute for arithmetic, nor can political mes...