New Delhi, Jan. 29 -- The Economic Survey 2025-26 has delivered a wake-up call for business, citizens, and policymakers alike, underlining a simple but stark truth: national prosperity is as much about human behaviour and corporate culture as it is about policy or resources.
The survey argues that shortcuts, impatience, and informal compliance in everyday life are quietly undermining India's growth and its capacity to emerge as a developed nation by 2047.
The report emphasises that state capacity, the government's ability to "get the right things done," is shaped not only by institutions but by the choices of citizens and the private sector. Where ordinary people treat public spaces as nobody's responsibility, cut corners, or demand outco...