New Delhi, May 29 -- Increasing labour productivity is central to India's aspiration of becoming a developed nation in about two decades, as it would raise living standards and boost growth momentum, said Suman Bery, vice chairman, federal policy think tank NITI Aayog, on Thursday.

The 'Viksit Bharat' vision entails becoming a high-income society that empowers citizens to realise their potential and aspirations, for which India's demographic dividend is to be effectively leveraged. Such a development success is a means to achieve an end, which is ensuring the dignity of the people, Bery said, speaking at the Confederation of Indian Industry's (CII) annual business summit in New Delhi.

"The point I am going to make is that for these goal...