Economic growth has to be inclusive and not at the cost of education, environment and health, Niti Ayog member V K Saraswat said here today. The definition of development should also change as economic development is different from economic growth, Saraswat said. "Economic development brings inclusiveness, brings all the aspects of the development, whereas economic growth talks only of GDP," he told reporters after addressing a workshop on Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) vis-a-vis Telangana. He said any action or technological decisions which cause maximum impact on environment, social and economic considerations must be rejected. "So, we have to bring a method by which environment, social and the economical parts are integrated.

Source: dna July 13, 2017 11:03 UTC