For over two decades now, India is seen to be on the cusp of claiming its place in the 'Asian Century'. Yet, India still has to overcome major challenges such as regional and societal income disparities, moving up the value chain towards greater innovation, and bringing about an overhaul in its manner of governance for the nation to prosper and actually step into the future. This visionary document presents India's national assets, its problems/liabilities and their inter-relationships to identify those at the top of the hierarchy, the quality of life, and lifestyles we wish to achieve in various sectors (urban, rural or tribal). The authors then delineate important actionable points and the steps that Indian government(s) ought to take in order to use our assets to overcome our problems so that the nation can reach the goals, towards which all development should take us. Contents: The History; An Agenda for the Nation; Successes and Failures; Moving Forward; Appendices.