MUMBAI, March 22 -- Speaking at a conference on March 2, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that "in the last five years, we have persevered to strengthen the foundations of India, and it is on these foundations that the New India will be built". Cynics may dismiss the comment as one made by a politician gearing up for elections, but the prime minister's effort to augment the Indian State's capabilities in three principal areas of welfare, economic governance and security will prove to be critical for India to make the leap from a $2.5 trillion economy to a $10 trillion-plus economy over the next decade....