Growth with inclusivity is the driving principle behind the government’s approach to policy making, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Friday, stressing that a road map is being readied to pursue ‘reforms by conviction’ over the coming 25 years, unlike the ‘reforms by compulsion’ undertaken in the past.
Addressing the inaugural Arun Jaitley Memorial Lecture in New Delhi, the PM said his experience as a head of government for 20 years had taught him that growth is not possible without inclusion and inclusion is also not possible without growth.
Citing the improvements in bringing basic amenities to people over the past eight years, be it in provision of housing, cooking gas, electricity or water supply, Mr. Modi said, “Over the past eight years, the speed and scale at which India has worked on inclusion, you will not find an example anywhere else in the world.”
