Aakar Patel | As world keeps growing, India’s sinking, going back to the past Published : Jun 29, 2021, 7:28 am IST Updated : Jun 29, 2021, 7:28 am IST According to the government data, our economic growth began braking sharply before January 2018 The impoverishing of Indians and the wrecking of our economy is happening at the same time when the concentration of our wealth is being skewed towards a few. (Photo: PTI/File) Till four years ago, the Indian government would use the phrase “fastest growing economy”. Prime Minister Narendra Modi would repeat the phrase “one bright spot in the global economy” to describe the country, and used it last at 8 pm on Tuesday, November 8, 2016, when he gave us the demonetisation speech.