This report shares India’s experiences on inclusive growth and democracy as a basis for other countries to learn. These experiences are based on four specially commissioned research papers drawing insights that emerged from a workshop held in 2013, attended by Indian economists, political scientists, and journalists. The report starts by outlining the origins, the resilience, and the character of Indian democracy. It then explores how India shifted from a quasi-socialist dispensation to a more open, private-sector driven economic system through the reform programme initiated in 1991. The subsequent sections examine in detail how India’s democratic institutions (political pacts, elections, parliament, courts, and civil society) have affected the country’s attempts to promote growth, reduce poverty, stimulate innovation, and keep corruption in check. The final section focuses on the lessons that can be learnt from India’s pursuit of inclusive growth in the context of democracy.