India’s untapped potential due to inaccessibility is valued at $214 billion (Rs 17.9 lakh crore) every year due to absence of accessible infrastructure , as per a White Paper released Thursday. The report by KPMG and non-profit Svayam pegs this loss as a result of lost productive years and diminished market participation in sectors such as tourism, sports, transport and information and communication technology.

Released at the National Summit on Accessibility 2025, organised by Svayam in partnership with the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) and UNESCO, the report argues that accessibility must be treated as an economic strategy, not a welfare measure, and that its absence is dragging down India’s GDP growth by several percentage points.

“India faces an estimated loss of $1 tril

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