New Delhi: Nobel laureate Amartya Sen has noted that lack of basic utilities was responsible for inequality in India and said social indicators like health, education, and human rights should form part of the public debate in the coming years.
“Lack of basic utilities was responsible for inequality in India....issues like healthcare, education, nutrition and human rights should become issues of political engagement...development of social indicators contributes to economic growth,” Sen said on Friday evening while delivering the inaugural lecture at the launch of International Centre for Human Development here.
“The question in India is how do we use resources for advancement of human life,” he said, adding that “economic growth was all about commodities while development was connected to
human life.”
Speaking on the theme human development post 2015, he said issues like healthcare, education, nutrition and human rights should become issues of political engagement.
“Besides the government policies, we also need to address the opposition policies and what issues people focus on while making demands,” he said. IANS
