The true challenge for India is to really to grow at 9-10 per cent per annum year after year for two decades of more to lift a vast section of population out of poverty. India has grown at those rates but grown relatively for a short period. Therefore, to have a sustained high growth for three decades, is a challenge. And these challenges will happen at a point when 700 million people in the 3-4 decades will move from rural to urban areas.
Amitabh Kant
It's really a pity and a challenge to the system particularly those who are in power, that even after 67 years of Independence, we have a lot of people living below poverty line. We have issues like rural-urban divide and serious economic disparities. Then we hear of farmers' suicides and sometimes of hunger deaths here and there. And then we get criticisms about the system not being sensitive to the vulnerable sections.
Venkaiah Naidu
To my mind, there cannot be any controversy or debate as to how to achieve inclusive growth. I think the experience of all developed and developing countries as well as India shows that in order to achieve inclusive growth we need to do five things.
N C Saxena
It has been a busy schedule for the Modi Government in the past six months in terms of policy initiatives and it is going to be even more hectic in the coming quarters when it gets down to implement those policies to revive the economy, generate employment and pull up millions from poverty.
Modi's first six months have not yielded any significant
improvement in economic growth but reforms are underway for
ensuring the country climb back to the 8 per cent growth orbit,
points out 
The Ministry of urban development (MoUD) has published a Concept Note on Smart Cities through a very well defined and articulated framework designating 4 pillars as the foundation of this concept. The vision gets clearly defined through this simplistic yet powerful representation on the outcome that smart cities should aim to achieve as an outcome of this critical Initiative 
In a bid to increase insurance density and coverage with special focus on the rural areas, the Ministry of Finance has embarked on a project of financial inclusion to provide banking and other financial services like life and non-life insurance to the rural population.
Pawan Hans Ltd (PHL) was incorporated in 1985 with Primary objectives to provide helicopter services to E&P sector, connecting inaccessible and hilly areas and chartering to promote tourism.