Indian Economy 1950-1990

Question

Explain ‘growth with equity’ as a planning objective.

Answer

Growth refers to the increase in the country's capacity to produce the output of goods and services within the country. A good indication of economic growth is the steady increase in the GDP.

In equity every Indian should be able to meet his or her basic needs such as food, a decent house, education and heath care and inequality in the distribution of wealth should be reduced. Hence growth with equity 'implies that benefits of development should be evenly available to everybody.

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