Mains Answer Writing - 30 Jan, 2026

GS3

Economy

15 marks

“The Economic Survey 2025–26 argues that India has shifted its growth strategy from short-term macro-stability to long-term ‘strategic indispensability’ in a fragmented global economy.”
Discuss the meaning of ‘strategic indispensability’ and examine the policy measures highlighted in the Survey to achieve it.

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Define sharply in the intro: Explain strategic indispensability as making India a non-substitutable node in global value chains, not isolation or protectionism.
Link policies to global fragmentation: Connect GVC integration, services exports, capex push, and digital public infrastructure to geopolitical trade fragmentation.
Conclude with state capacity: Emphasise that credible institutions, regulatory stability, and execution capacity are the real enablers of indispensability.

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