As India enters its 64th year since independence, its economic dynamism presents a paradox. On most measures of market friendliness, it lags behind Latin America, and even sub-Saharan Africa. It is still more closed to trade and foreign capital than most other countries; still hampered by extensive controls on economic activity, including onerous labour laws; and still dominated by a large public sector. In short, it should be growing at 5 per cent, not 8? per cent, a year.
隨著印度邁入獨(dú)立后的第64個(gè)年頭，其經(jīng)濟(jì)動(dòng)態(tài)呈現(xiàn)出自相矛盾的景象。從衡量市場(chǎng)親善程度的大多數(shù)指標(biāo)來看，印度經(jīng)濟(jì)落后于拉美甚至撒哈拉以南的非洲地區(qū)。與其它大多數(shù)國家相比，印度經(jīng)濟(jì)對(duì)待貿(mào)易和外國資本仍更為封閉；仍受制于對(duì)經(jīng)濟(jì)活動(dòng)的廣泛限制（如繁瑣的勞工法），也仍然掌握在龐大的公共部門手中。簡(jiǎn)言之，印度經(jīng)濟(jì)應(yīng)該以每年5%、而不是8.5%的速度增長(zhǎng)。