GS3Technology, economic development, biodiversity, environment, security and disaster management
Inclusive growth
Syllabus: Inclusive growth and issues arising from it.
Current affairs on this topic 3
- Op-ed: What India's smallholder farming model can teach other developing nations 16 September 2026
Most Indian farms are tiny. Can collectives, credit and data, rather than land size, make them pay?
- NSO releases first district-level estimates of the unincorporated non-farm sector 11 September 2026
Women are 78% of informal workers in Telangana's Nirmal but 6.7% in Rudraprayag. What does district data change?
- Op-ed: Is the right to work fading under the new rural jobs law? 1 September 2026
The new law promises 125 days of work, not 100. Why do critics say the right to work has weakened?
Background from the reference shelf
Previous-year questions 7
- 2026 · GS3 · 10 marks Examine the view that financial inclusion is an integral part of social and economic inclusion in a country like India. Also throw light on the usefulness of the R.B.I.'s Financial Inclusion Index.
- 2025 · GS3 · 10 marks Distinguish between the Human Development Index (HDI) and the Inequality-adjusted Human Development Index (IHDI) with special reference to India. Why is the IHDI considered a better indicator of…
- 2023 · GS3 · 10 marks Faster economic growth requires increased share of the manufacturing sector in GDP, particularly of MSMEs. Comment on the present policies of the Government in this regard.
- 2022 · GS3 · 10 marks Is inclusive growth possible under market economy? State the significance of financial inclusion in achieving economic growth in India.
- 2021 · GS3 · 10 marks How did land reforms in some parts of the country help to improve the socio-economic conditions of marginal and small farmers?
- 2016 · GS3 · 12.5 marks How globalization has led to the reduction of employment in the formal sector of the Indian economy? Is increased informalization detrimental to the development of the country?
- 2016 · GS3 · 12.5 marks Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana (PMJDY) is necessary for bringing unbanked to the institutional finance fold. Do you agree with this for financial inclusion of the poor section of the Indian society?…