Towards Inclusive Development : Perspective Approaches And Strategies For India

Contents Foreword Preface 1 Introduction 2 Policy perspectives 3 Social inclusion 4 Spatial development 5 Environment and climate change 6 Gender mainstreaming in urban development 7 Inclusive urban development 8 Problems constraints and challenges 9 Policy recommendations References IndexInclusive 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 efficientlyIn view of the growing importance of inclusive development present book provides thorough analysis of emerging perspective approaches and strategies for India It gives a holistic overview of inclusive development encompassing of conceptual framework policy perspectives social inclusion spatial development environment and climate change gender mainstreaming in urban development and inclusive urban development The book also focuses on the problems constrains and challenges in the path of inclusive development and suggests policy recommendations for effective implementation of policies schemes and programmes It is expected that this book will be highly useful in understanding the dynamics of development and challenges in achieving inclusive development for policy makers educators scholars and those who are interested in the subject 288 pp.…