'Nikhil Gupta has written a highly insightful book, impressive for how its analysis connects the dots between different parts of the economy-households, financial sector, corporates-listed and unlisted, and the government, as well as for laying out in a transparent manner how they all interact with each other and the global economy. I particularly admire the emphasis on the role of household savings, the importance of the unlisted economy to get an accurate employment picture, and complex interactions between the domestic and the external economy. Highly recommended for all wanting to understand the Indian economy, in-depth while covering all of its breadth.' - Viral Acharya, former deputy governor, RBI

'This book will be a useful bridge between hard-core textbooks and purely journalistic writing. Nikhil explains the basic concepts lucidly, and more importantly, he stands out in a world full of two-handed economists by taking a position and giving his readers something definitive to disagree with.' - Dr D.V. Subbarao, former governor, RBI

'Nikhil Gupta not only takes apart the economy for us, gives us a peek into its moving parts, explains what makes it tick and demolishes quite a few hallowed myths, but he also charts a way forward for India clinically, without either chest-thumping or breast-beating.' - Manas Chakravarty, Group Consulting Editor, Moneycontrol

'Nikhil Gupta does a tremendous job of explaining the nitty-gritty of how the Indian economy works and what needs to be done to achieve a very high rate of economic growth.' - Vivek Kaul, Economic commentator and author

'Nikhil Gupta has written a useful book on the key issue of how to get back to a regime of 8 per cent growth, if that is possible at all. His approach is to analyse the strengths and weaknesses of the financial balance sheets of the three important sectors of the economy. Linking the financial dimensions and real dimensions runs into many definitional problems. However, the freshness of the approach of Nikhil Gupta deserves recognition and further study.' - Dr C. Rangarajan, Former chairman, Economic Advisory Council to the Prime Minister, and former governor, RBI, Chairman, Madras School of Economics

The Eight Per Cent Solution: A Strategy for India's Growth is a detailed exploration of the question that successive governments have tried to tackle, and offers a credible answer-how to make the Indian economy grow faster, consistently and sustainably.