It is argued that the strategy of inclusive growth is intended to meet the objectives of inclusiveness and sustainability together. Comment on this statement.

Inclusive growth refers to economic growth that is broad-based across sectors and regions, creates productive employment, and reduces inequality so that the benefits reach the poorest. The statement argues that such a strategy inherently seeks both inclusiveness and sustainability together — a view that is largely valid.

Why the two objectives converge

• Inclusion without sustainability is short-lived: environmental degradation hurts the poor most, who depend directly on land, water and forests.
• Sustainability without inclusion is unjust and politically fragile, excluding vulnerable groups from the gains of growth.
• Both are captured together in the Sustainable Development Goals, which pair 'leave no one behind' with ecological limits.

How the strategy pursues them jointly

• Employment-intensive growth and social security (MGNREGA, PDS, health and education spending) build human capital.
• Financial inclusion (Jan Dhan, DBT) plugs leakages and widens access.
• Green initiatives — renewable energy, National Solar Mission, climate-resilient agriculture — protect the resource base the poor rely on.

Tensions

Rapid growth can widen inequality and stress natural resources; jobless growth and regional disparities persist. Reconciling them needs targeted redistribution, green jobs and strong institutions.

Thus inclusiveness and sustainability are complementary long-run goals, and a credible growth strategy must pursue them together, not sequentially.