The GDP growth rate for the past five quarters is 8.5, 7.7, 6.9, 6.1 and 5.3. This steady downtrend of lower quarterly GDP growth is a reminder of the frog-in-boiling water syndrome. It is time to jump out, lest we permanently move into a lower orbit. India's sustainable long term GDP growth was supposed to be around 9% as per Planning Commission estimates. That number, also called non-inflationary potential growth has now been estimated at around 7.5%. Anything higher than 7.5 is now considered inflationary in the medium to long run, because the country has not built up sufficient productive capacity.