Inclusive growth is a current applied phenomenon in the development plans of INDIA which is compulsorily accounts growth of all sectors i.e; inclusive governance,infrastructure development,sustainable development,poverty reduction and decentralized decision making process with special emphasis to women,elderly people,,child,disabled people.
2. WHAT IS INCLUSIVE GROWTH?
• Inclusive Growth is a concept that advances
equitable opportunities for economic participants
during economic growth with benefits incurred by
every section of society.
The AfDB defines Inclusive Growth as
economic growth that results in a wider
accessto sustainable socio-eonomic
opportunities for a broader number of
people, regions or countries, while
protecting the vulnerable, all being done in
an environment of fairness, equal justice
and political plurality.
3. Inclusive growth analysis takes into
account parameters such as:
• Age
• Gender
• Regional or Geographical gaps and
Balances
• Sectoral differences or balances
ELEMENTS OF INCLUSIVE GROWTH
Poverty Reduction and
Increase in quantity and
quality of employment
Reduction in Regional
Disparities
Social Sector
Development
Agricultural
Development
Protecting the
Environment
4. WHAT IS INCLUSIVE GROWTH ABOUT?
Growth is inclusive or
pro-poor only if
The incomes
of poor people
grow faster
than those of
the population
as a whole,
i.e; inequality
declines
As long as
poor people
also benefit in
absolute
terms, as
reflected in
some agreed
poverty
measure
Inclusive growth should
be considered to be
‘inclusive’ or pro-poor
5. STRATEGIES FOR INCLUSIVE GROWTH
• Two strategies are used for inclusive growth:
Social Inclusion
Financial Inclusion
Initiatives of the Govt. to provide access to marginalized
sections to basic education and health facilities, better
sanitation, better roads and other infrastructural facilities.
• No-frills account
• Relaxing KYC norms
• General purpose Credit Card(GCC) schemes
• Business Facilitator(BF) and Business
Correspondent(BC) models
• Nationwide Electronic Financial Inclusion
System(NEFIS)
• Project Financial Literacy
• Financial Inclusion Fund
6. GOVERMENTAL EFFORTS
• VARIOUS PROGRAMMES BY GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
• MNREGA
• INDIRAAWAS YOJNA
• PRADHAN MANTRI GRAM SADAK YOJNA
• NRHM
• ICDS
• MID DAY MEAL
• SARVA SHIKSHAABHIYAN
• JNNURM
• ACCELERATED IRRIGATION BENEFIT PROGRAM
• RAJIV GANDHI GRAMIN VIDYUTIKARAN YOJANA
• RAJIV GANDHI DRINKING WATER MISSION
• RASHTRIYA KRISHI VIKAS YOJANA
7. AGENDAS FOR INCLUSIVE GROWTH:-
Employment
assurance scheme
Basis amenities Programs for
backward regions
Housing
Agendas for
inclusive
growth
8. AGENDAS FOR INCLUSIVE GROWTH:-
• EIGHTH FIVE YEAR PLAN (1992-97) AND NINTH FIVE YEAR PLAN (1997-2002)
followed a three pronged strategy for inclusive growth:
1. Investment in sectors that generated employment opportunities for people ,
2. investment in health & education to build human capital,
3. provision of basic infrastructure facilities such as drinking water, sanitation,
housing, roads etc.
• THE TENTH FIVE YEAR PLAN (2002-07), internalized MDGs and for the first time set
monitorable targets:
1. 5 % reduction in poverty by 2007, 15 % by 2012 .
2. All children in school by 2003, all children to complete 5years of schooling by 2007.
3. Reduction of IMR to 45 per thousand live births by 2007 and to 28 by 2012.
4. Reduction in MMR to 2 per thousand live births by 2007 and to 1 by 2012.
5. All villages to have sustained access to potable drinking water.
9. AGENDAS FOR INCLUSIVE GROWTH:-
THE ELEVENTH FIVE YEAR PLAN (2007-12) WAS DEDICATED TO INCLUSIVE GROWTH.
1. The theme of the eleventh plan was faster and inclusive growth.
2. The eleventh plan also set ambitious monitorable targets which relate to MDGs.
3. The approach paper to the Twelfth Five Year Plan talks of “faster, sustainable and more
inclusive growth”.
1. The plan allocation in the eleventh plan for social sectors was considerably stepped-up.
sectoral allocation in tenth and eleventh plans:-
• Education
• Rural Development, Land resources & Panchayati Raj
• Health, FW & AYUSH
• Agriculture and Irrigation
• Social Justice
• Physical Infrastructure*
• Scientific Departments
• Energy
10. SCHEMES FOR INCLUSIVE GROWTH:-
1. MAJOR PLAN SCHEMES: ICDS:-
• India faces a serious nutritional challenge.
• Progress on nutrition related targets slow and off the track.
• Meeting nutritional challenge on the development agenda.
• Prime Minister’s national council on nutrition set up in 2011.
• Major revamp of ICDS program
COMPONENTS OF ICDS
Supplemen
tary
Nutrition
Immuni-
zation
Health
Check-up
Health and
Nutrition
Education
Referral
Services
Pre-
School
Education
11. SCHEMES FOR INCLUSIVE GROWTH:-
2. STATUS OF MDGS IN INDIA:-
• Combat HIV/AIDS, Malaria and Other Diseases
• Ensure Environmental Sustainability
• Develop a Global Partnership for Development
3. MAJOR PLAN SCHEMES: EDUCATION:-
• India on track to achieve MDGs relating to educational attainments.
• Primary education for children up to age 14 a fundamental right.
• Net Enrollment rate at primary level for girls and boys above 98%.
• Right to education Act passed in 2009.
• Providing education a social responsibility. Even private schools have to reserve 25%
seats for students from poorer sections.
• A change in discourse on education: from access to quality of education.
12. SCHEMES FOR INCLUSIVE GROWTH:-
4. MAJOR PLAN SCHEMES: HEALTH
.
• National Rural Health Mission launched in April, 2005. NRHM based on Indian Public Health
standards.
• Strengthening of Sub-centers, primary health centers and community health centers for primary
and secondary health care.
• 18 states with higher disease burden given higher allocations under NRHM
• Special programmes to encourage institutional delivery, pre natal & post natal care.
13. SCHEMES FOR INCLUSIVE GROWTH:-
5. MAJOR PLAN SCHEMES: MNREGA
• Right to work a legal right under National Rural Employment Guarantee Act, 2005.
• Job cards issued to 12.03 crore workers.
• 48% of the MNREGA beneficiaries are women..
• Real wages in agriculture have gone up by 18% to 45% in different states.
• The scheme has raised agricultural wages but has not contributed to increase in
agricultural productivity.
• Preponderance of earth-work related projects.
• No possibility of skill up gradation.
• Corruption in program implementation.
• Twelfth Five Year Plan to launch MNREGA Phase-II with emphasis on infrastructure,
skill upgradation coupled with better monitoring.
14. SCHEMES FOR INCLUSIVE GROWTH:-
6…NATIONAL SKILL DEVELOPMENT MISSION
• Mission launched to provide training to workforce so that they could get gainfully employed.
• Mission to train 500 million youth in different vocations by 2022
• Training to be provided across vocations covering industry, services and agriculture.
• Public and Private sector participation (PPP).
• National Skill Development Corporation set up as a non profit company with 51% private equity
and 49% govt. equity.
7. AREA DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMMES
• Backward region grant fund.
• Border area development programme.
• Special package for Bihar, Odisha.
• 10% of the plan budget for North-Eastern states.
• Special dispensation for Indian-Himalayan region states
8. PROGRAMMES FOR WEAKER SECTIONS
• Special component plan for schedule castes and schedule tribes.
• Schemes for backwards classes and minorities.
• Specific schemes for persons with special needs
• Gender budgeting
15. GOVERNANCE REFORMS 1:-
• Better implementation of programmes and improving accountability.
• Reform of governance and making government more responsive to people’s needs.
• Legislative action for setting standards for public service delivery.
• Reform of police administration.
• Strengthening Panchayati Raj institutions and urban local bodies.
• Use of Information Technology for better governance
• Unique Identification Authority of India would provide a unique identity number “AADHAAR” to
each resident of the country.
• Pilot projects have been undertaken to provide direct cash transfers to beneficiaries of
scholarship schemes, old age pension, delivery of LPG cylinders.
• Integration of AADHAAR in PDS, MNREGA and other beneficiary oriented programmes.
• On complete roll out it is expected that poor people would be able to access government
programmes and there would be considerable savings by elimination of corruption