Education-The Inclusive Growth Strategy for Women Empowerment in Indian Context

Abstract

In Indian economy, the Five Year plans have generally been the fountainheads of policy for growth. Globally inclusive growth is necessary for sustainable development and equitable distribution of wealth and prosperity. This orientation is most visibly manifested in the theme of the Eleventh Five-Year Plan. Inclusive growth adopts a long term perspective and is concerned with sustained growth. For growth to be sustained in the long run, it should be broad-based across sectors and different sections of the society. Keeping the theme Empowerment of Women of Tenth Five Year Plan, the inclusive growth approach takes a longer term perspective if it is viewed through women empowerment in terms of economic status of women and its relationship with education. Any analysis of Indian society without taking caste into consideration is not complete. The present paper examines interrelationship among women development in terms of economic status of women, caste and level of education and finally view the inclusive growth in India. The study highlights the relationship between education level and economic status of women only in high caste group and focuses if education is to have a central role in relation to achieving inclusive growth for the women in Indian society then there needs to be a fundamental rethinking on the provisioning of education in India.

Keywords: Inclusive Growth, Women Empowerment, Economic Status of Women, Education