India should focus on 'World Plus One', not 'China...': Kumar Mangalam Birla as global order changes

ET WLF 2026 : I think all of us know that in the last two years, the world economy has gone through more than has gone through more than it ever probably has in the past: Kumar Mangalam Birla. Growth has probably slowed down, but it seems to have grown shock absorbers. And all across economies, corporations have learned to deal with a lot more stress. And the biggest source of that stress, actually, is geopolitics. And there too the global order is changing. There are no more perma friends or perma enemies: Kumar Mangalam BirlaI think we should be talking about World plus one for India instead of China plus one: Kumar Mangalam Birla. Very often people talk about China plus one for India and while that's a convenient shorthand, I think it's intellectually very lazy. I think what we should be talking about now is the world plus one for India. I think we have our own takes, we've got a track record, and I think that we really can be a growth engine for the entire world in so many: Kumar Mangalam Birla