
Is India’s economic engine stalling? In an explosive India Today exclusive, Rajdeep Sardesai confronts top economists Surjit Bhalla, Former ED, IMF and Pronab Sen, Former Economic Adviser, Planning Commission on PM Modi's warning of a global return to mass poverty. In a shocking shift, Bhalla declares that India’s investment climate has "gone negative," local and foreign investors are fleeing, and the "Viksit Bharat" slogan must change. Meanwhile, Pronab Sen warns of a "perfect storm" slamming the critical MSME sector, threatening mass economic distress. From negative FDI to the failure of public infrastructure spending to crowd in private wealth, we decode the stark realities the Modi government can no longer ignore.