2. Raise educational achievement
Among more micro factors, raising India's educational achievement is a major requirement to help achieve the nation's potential. According to our basic indicators, a vast number of India's young people receive no (or only the most basic) education. A major effort to boost basic education is needed. A number of initiatives, such as a continued expansion of Pratham and the introduction of Teach First, for example, should be pursued.
Image: Indian children take part in a march in New Delhi to demand education for all children. | Photograph: Raveendran/AFP/Getty Images
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