india predictions for 2024

Read 38 predictions about India in 2024, a year that will see this country experience significant change in its politics, economics, technology, culture, and environment. It’s your future, discover what you’re in for.

Quantumrun Foresight prepared this list; A trend intelligence consulting firm that uses strategic foresight to help companies thrive from future trends in foresight. This is just one of many possible futures society may experience.

International relations predictions for India in 2024

International relations predictions to impact India in 2024 include:

  • India starts its four-year term in the United Nations Statistical Commission, which brings together the Chief Statisticians from member countries. Likelihood: 75 percent.1
  • A comprehensive EU-India trade agreement is finalized. Likelihood: 65 percent.1
  • Despite the India-Canada political standoff, the Immigration, Refugees, and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) ’s processing of Indian visas returns to normal. Likelihood: 65 percent.1
  • After India and China formed a partnership in 2017 to collaborate on two-dimensional (2D) barcodes, the gateways for linking genuine buyers and sellers, as well as making digital payments by scanning QR codes, China becomes the dominant force in the Asia region for the global digital economy. Likelihood: 50%1
  • After India launched the International Solar Alliance (ISA) with France in 2015, India spends $1 billion in solar energy projects across the Asia region. Likelihood: 70%1
  • China taps India as digital economy partner.Link

Politics predictions for India in 2024

Politics related predictions to impact India in 2024 include:

Government predictions for India in 2024

Government related predictions to impact India in 2024 include:

  • Govt to invest $60 billion to build national gas grid to link up nation by 2024 in a bid to cut carbon emissions.Link
  • Will India find its place in the sun with solar power?.Link

Economy predictions for India in 2024

Economy related predictions to impact India in 2024 include:

  • Real salary increases 5.1% year-over-year, the highest in Asia Pacific. Likelihood: 70 percent.1
  • The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) rolls out its central bank digital currency. Likelihood: 60 percent.1
  • India now has the world's largest app developer population with 4 million people, overtaking the US's ~3 million. Likelihood: 60%1
  • India invests USD 100 billion in energy as electricity demand rises in the world's third-largest energy consumer. Likelihood: 90%1
  • India to see $100 billion energy investment by 2024 .Link
  • Will India find its place in the sun with solar power?.Link
  • China taps India as digital economy partner.Link

Technology predictions for India in 2024

Technology related predictions to impact India in 2024 include:

  • The Indian-US partnered NASA-Isro Synthetic Aperture Radar (NISAR), which will be used to study ecosystem changes, is launched. Likelihood: 70 percent.1
  • India's data usage per smartphone doubles to 18 GB per month compared to 2018. Likelihood: 90%1
  • India partners with France and builds six reactors of a 10,000 MW nuclear power plant project in Maharashtra. Likelihood: 70%1
  • India's mobile subscriber base to touch 1.42 billion by 2024, 80% to use 4G .Link

Culture predictions for India in 2024

Culture related predictions to impact India in 2024 include:

  • Hyderabad hosts the Season 10 of the FIA Formula E World Championship, along with China, Japan, and the US. Likelihood: 75 percent.1

Defense predictions for in 2024

Defense related predictions to impact India in 2024 include:

  • Indian defense exports to grow to Rs 35,000 crore by 2024: Army Chief.Link

Infrastructure predictions for India in 2024

Infrastructure related predictions to impact India in 2024 include:

  • There’s an increased demand for 5G equipment even as sales volume moderated in 2023. Likelihood: 65 percent.1
  • Vande Metro, Indian Railways’ new short-distance premium service, rolls out, featuring faster, air-conditioned commuting speeds up to 130 kilometers per hour. Likelihood: 70 percent.1
  • Unit 4, a locally designed twin 700-MWe nuclear reactor, begins commercial operations at the Kakrapar nuclear plant. Likelihood: 70 percent.1
  • The Ministry of Electronics and IT sets up the Bharat Semiconductor Research Center in collaboration with the industry and academia. Likelihood: 65 percent.1
  • Goa state becomes self-sufficient in its water needs as treatment plants with a total capacity of 300 million liters per day are launched. Likelihood: 65 percent.1
  • Mumbai Metro network expands from 11km in 2019 to 325km today. Likelihood: 70%1
  • India invests $4 billion to build factories for manufacturing electric batteries for vehicles. Likelihood: 70%1
  • India invests $100 billion in refining, pipeline, gas terminals across the country, especially in the Maharashtra and Telangana provinces. Likelihood: 90%1
  • Mumbai Metro will carry as many passengers by 2024 as by local trains now: PM Modi.Link
  • India to invest $100 bn in refining, pipeline, gas terminals by 2024.Link
  • Govt to invest $60 billion to build national gas grid to link up nation by 2024 in a bid to cut carbon emissions.Link

Environment predictions for India in 2024

Environment related predictions to impact India in 2024 include:

  • India reaches a renewable energy capacity target of 260 gigawatts after capacity soared almost 150% since a decade ago. Likelihood: 80%1
  • India aims to triple renewable energy capacity by 2024.Link

Science predictions for India in 2024

Science related predictions to impact India in 2024 include:

  • The government launches its first astronaut with homegrown technology, becoming the fourth country after US, Russia, and China to do so. Likelihood: 60 percent1
  • Will India find its place in the sun with solar power?.Link

Health predictions for India in 2024

Health related predictions to impact India in 2024 include:

  • Clean water reaches every home in the countryside, roughly 70% of the total Indian population. Likelihood: 70%1
  • India aims to provide clean water to all rural houses by 2024.Link

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