Suddenly I noticed, in my facebook friend's list I find many friends with their current professional status as "Founder & CEO of XYZ". I am really glad to see the increase in entrepreneurial temperament among us. India is becoming an entrepreneur's country, now enterprising youth is not a dependent job seeker but a ambitious job creator. People feeling proud to say that they are an entrepreneur, and they are doing good with their start-ups. Surprisingly not only technology or design based start-ups but many entirely different innovative ideas are converting into business models.

Most of them are not from any business school of repute; neither they belong to any business family nor a rejected jobless fellow. They have vision, they have plan, they have willingness to change, the are determined to take their country to rank one. Surely no one can stop us from becoming the leader of the world. Someone told me that out of every seven start-ups in USA one is by an Indian. If once we can do it in USA, of course we can do it again at our home.

Here I am not talking about mega markets of India viz. Mumbai, Bangalore, Hyderabad, Delhi, Pune etc. but a tier III city like Patna, small town like Muzaffarpur, Bhagalpur etc. of a comparatively weaker state Bihar. Undoubtedly, challenges are unlimited, resources are small, market is not at it's best, but the energy and determination is limitless. No one can stop this country from choosing the path of self dependency and financial freedom in real meaning.

Inclusive Growth focuses on economic growth which is a necessary and crucial condition for poverty reduction.

Inclusive Growth adopts a long term perspective and is concerned with sustained growth.

Inclusive Growth focuses on both the pace and pattern of growth. How growth is generated is critical for accelerating poverty reduction, and any IG strategies must be tailored to country-specific circumstances.

Inclusive Growth focuses on productive employment rather than income redistribution. Hence the focus is not only on employment growth but also on productivity growth.

Inclusive Growth has not only the firm, but also the individual as the subject of analysis.

Inclusive Growth is in line with the absolute definition of pro-poor growth, not the relative one.

Inclusive Growth is not defined in terms of specific targets such as employment generation or income distribution. These are potential outcomes, not specific goals.

Inclusive Growth is typically fueled by market-driven sources of growth with the government playing a facilitating role.

Kumar Prafull, Patna

A person is poor because her endowments of capital, land, labour and skills are meagre, and also because her access to public goods and services and natural resources is limited. Often, a poor person is trapped in the prison of illiteracy. Disease and ill-health prevent her from getting the most out of the one asset she has, her labour. Without training and skills she cannot aspire to do a better job. Without an all-weather road that connects her habitation to the nearest market, she cannot get a fair price for her produce. Without electricity and access to credit, her ability to increase productivity of land or of artisan activity is limited. Without the sewers and drains, water works and water mains that service her town; without the policing that should protect her life and limb, property (however meagre), person and dignity as an equal citizen of India; she cannot function effectively. Thus, while in the short run, access to basic facilities such as health, education, clean drinking water, etc. impacts directly on welfare, in the longer run, it determines economic opportunities for the future. Without access to these services one cannot be considered to have equality of opportunity.

Since access to these services for the majority of the population depends not only upon their income levels but upon the delivery of these services through publicly funded systems. The resources needed to create the infrastructure necessary for delivering these services to the poor are large. Fortunately, the rapid growth being targeted for the Eleventh Plan will facilitate the ability to undertake these programs, both by way of higher tax revenues resulting from higher growth and a larger borrowing capability even while adhering to fiscal deficit targets expressed as a percentage of GDP. These additional resources can be devoted to Plan expenditure aimed at ensuring effective delivery of essential services.