Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi claimed a third term in office on Tuesday. Still, voters delivered a cautionary message as Modi’s margin of victory was much narrower than expected. Modi and his Bharatiya Janata Party colleagues will now refocus on economic growth in the world’s most populous democracy.

A big question follows: Is India replacing China as the world’s most rapidly growing large economy?

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