Towards Inclusive Development

Inclusive development is ensuring the fruits of development accessible to all, particularly the poor and marginalized people. Though, India has achieved remarkable progress in different sectors of economy, however, a large segment of population could not get the fruits of development to the desired extent. The Government of India aimed at mainstreaming the poor and marginalized people through adopting the approach of inclusive development. The era of inclusive development started with the initiation of Eleventh Five Year Plan. Its vision as envisaged in the Plan also reflected the budgetary and political commitment of the Government. Though, the efforts and progress in the direction of inclusive development appears to be quite satisfactory, however, the problems, constraints and challenges in achieving the goals of inclusive planning have emerged that require multiple approaches and strategies to address them effectively and efficiently.