Meeting the aspirations of a middle-class economy will require a more agile, responsive and effective public sector in India. To date, the pace of implementation has lagged behind the ambitions of India’s reform agenda — with significant service delivery gaps, including the reliability of water and power supply, transport connectivity, and quality of education — that belie the country’s middle-income status.
аIJʿª½± Group partners with public institutions in the sectors to improve their capability through better resource-management systems and improved accountability mechanisms to incentivize performance, including through increased private-sector involvement. Further the аIJʿª½± Group focuses on addresses transversal, core public sector capabilities, particularly at state and local levels, including planning, budgeting, debt management, public financial management, procurement, monitoring, statistical capacity, and citizen engagement.