India, July 26 -- India's economic story is no longer being written solely in its metropolitan centres. The next chapter of growth is emerging from Bharat, from Tier II and Tier III cities, industrial clusters, manufacturing hubs and entrepreneurial ecosystems that are increasingly becoming integral to India's development journey.

Across the country, a new generation of businesses is taking shape. Whether it is a textile exporter in Surat, a handicraft entrepreneur in Jaipur, a pharmaceutical supplier in Indore or a technology-enabled MSME in Coimbatore, these enterprises are no longer constrained by geography. They are serving customers across India and increasingly across the world.

What is making this transformation possible is not j...