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Development of a nation is influenced by a number of interrelated factors viz. economic, social, human resource, environment, et al. Each one of these parameters is crucial in itself. Most developing nations face different development challenges as a result of a different combinations of these factors. Economic development has to go hand in hand with social development.The process of improvement in agriculture, industry, trade, transport, irrigation, power resources etc. indicates economic change while the process of improvements in health, education, housing, drinking water, etc. points towards social development. Both are however directly or indirectly related to financialcondition of people.
A need has always been felt to broad base the economic growth and share the benefits of the growth process to make it more inclusive. Inclusive growth means economic growth that meets basic needs improving the foundations for wellbeing, and at the same time also creates opportunities. It includes providing equality of opportunity and empowering people through education and skill development.
However with a diverse population of 1.2 billion the biggest challenge is to take the levels of growth to all sections of the society and to all parts of the country and this is where the role of government comes into play.Thus, government policies and programmes have to be geared to tackle development on all these parameters. Planners and policy makers have to take into consideration the fact that GDP and per capita income are not sufficient to ensure development of the people of a country. It is the skilled Human resource constitutes the first unit for growth of any society.Human resource development by way of ensuring quality education for all, even the poorest child or the child living in the remotest area is as necessary as ensuring livelihoods for all. Now, environmental issues have also been added to the list of development parameters, since climate change is seen as a critical factor in both economic and social development of a nation. Droughts and disasters due to floods can harm the economy as well as the social structure of the farmer and have to be tackled on priority basis by the government.
Many of the recent programmes and policies of the government have sought to reach out to the common man at the bottom most level. While agriculture and farmers' welfare has been given a huge budgetary allocation, several initiatives like Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana, MUDRA Bank, SETU, Beti Bachao Beti Padhao have been taken to bring excluded sections of the society into the mainstream and enable them to reap the benefits of faster economic growth. Pradhan Mantri Jeevan Jyoti Beema Yojana, Pradhan Mantri Jeevan Suraksha Yojana and Atal Pension Yojana have been introduced with the intention of creating sustainable security net in the country. Infrastructure, whether it is housing, roads, railways or rural infrastructure closely touches the life of every citizen and hence deserves the importance that is being given to it.e-Governance is another area which the government has focused through programmes like Direct Benefit Transfer to ensure that benefits of development reach the common man. Skill development, important for employability, Start Up and Stand up India for entrepreneurship have all helped in achieving the goal of sabka vikas.
The benefits of development can however be reaped only if the citizens enjoy a good health. With the entire world realizing the benefits of Yoga for health, 21st June every year is now being observed as the International Yoga Day. India, as a nation, has played the most significant role in taking Yoga to every corner of the globe.
India has come a long way from its days of dependency and acute poverty when food had to be imported, jobs were scarce and malnutrition and disease were depleting our human resources.After more than six decades of independence, India has now come closer to being an independent force to reckon with.It is now a nation on the move.
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