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Revision note: Growth versus Development: HDI, Inequality and Sustainable Development

Growth: quantitative real GDP increase; development: qualitative, structural; Sen's capability approach
HDI (UNDP 1990; Mahbub ul Haq): life expectancy, expected and mean years of schooling, GNI per capita (PPP); geometric mean since 2010
India: "medium" human development (2025 report: 130th, for 2023)
IHDI, GDI, GII, PHDI; Gini/Lorenz; Palma ratio
Brundtland 1987; SDGs 2015 (17 goals, 169 targets, 2030); NITI SDG India Index since 2018
Structural change: agriculture < 20% of GVA but > 40% of workers; services > 50%; manufacturing ~15–17%

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