Few are benefiting from India's rapid GDP growth

Large companies enjoy perks while burdens on small business rise

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Rice planting on the outskirts of Ahmedabad: Employment is growing in India but most of the gains are in agriculture and rural construction rather than more productive sectors. © Reuters

Ritesh Kumar Singh is founder and chief executive of policy research and advisory company Indonomics Consulting in New Delhi.

Expectations that India will post the fastest gross domestic product growth of any large economy this year have been bolstered by data released last Thursday showing 7.6% output growth for the July-September quarter from a year before.

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