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Inclusive Growth, Employment and Industry – UPSC GS3

This module of the GS Paper 3: Economy, Environment, S&T & Security course covers inclusive growth, employment and labour, msmes, industrial policy and liberalisation. It has 4 study lessons and a 32-question practice quiz. Free lessons can be read in full; premium lessons show a preview.

Lessons in this module

1. Inclusive Growth, Poverty and Inequality

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Inclusive growth is growth that is broad-based across sectors and regions, and that creates opportunities for all, especially the poor and marginalised, to participate in and benefit from it. The Eleventh Five-Year Plan (2007–12) adopted…

2. Employment, Unemployment and Labour Reforms

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Labour Force: people who are working or seeking/available for work. Labour Force Participation Rate (LFPR): the labour force as a share of the population. Worker Population Ratio (WPR): the employed as a share of the…

3. Industrial Policy: From the 1948 Resolution to 1991 and Beyond

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Industrial Policy Resolution (IPR) 1948: it set out a mixed economy, reserving some industries for the state (arms, atomic energy and railways), with the private sector allowed elsewhere under regulation. Industries (Development and Regulation) Act…

4. MSMEs, Startups and Disinvestment

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Their place in the economy: About 6.3 crore enterprises, according to the NSS 73rd round (2015–16). Over 6 crore were registered on the Udyam portal by 2025. Employ about 25–30 crore people, the second-largest source…

Module quiz: Inclusive Growth, Employment and Industry (32 questions)

Maps & infographics in this module

Bar chart showing India's multidimensional poverty headcount falling from about 55 percent in 2005-06 to about 11 percent in 2022-23 — The 2005–06 figure is from the global MPI; later figures are from NITI Aayog's national MPI, so the series is indicative.

Timeline of poverty measurement in India from the 1962 Working Group to HCES data in 2024 — India has not adopted a new official poverty line since Tendulkar.

Card diagram of five pillars of India's inclusion strategy: safety nets, basic services, human capital, livelihoods and regional focus — The "new welfarism" focuses on delivering tangible goods and services directly.

Grouped bar chart showing unemployment falling from 6.1 percent in 2017-18 to 3.2 percent in 2023-24 while female labour force participation rose from 23.3 percent to 41.7 percent — Lower unemployment and higher female participation are partly driven by rural self-employment and unpaid family work.

Pie chart of the status of employment in 2023-24: self-employed about 58 percent, regular wage or salaried about 22 percent and casual labour about 20 percent — Most Indian workers lack regular salaried jobs with social security.

Card diagram summarising the four labour codes: wages, industrial relations, social security and occupational safety — The codes came into force in November 2025; states frame rules because labour is a Concurrent subject.

Frequently asked questions

Lessons: Inclusive Growth, Poverty and Inequality; Employment, Unemployment and Labour Reforms; Industrial Policy: From the 1948 Resolution to 1991 and Beyond; MSMEs, Startups and Disinvestment.

Answer: Tendulkar Committee. Tendulkar.

Answer: 12. 12.

Answer: Eleventh Plan. 2007–12.

Answer: top 10% to bottom 40%. 10/40.

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Inclusive Growth, Employment and Industry – UPSC GS3

Lessons in this module

1. Inclusive Growth, Poverty and Inequality

2. Employment, Unemployment and Labour Reforms

3. Industrial Policy: From the 1948 Resolution to 1991 and Beyond

4. MSMEs, Startups and Disinvestment

Maps & infographics in this module

Frequently asked questions

What is covered in Inclusive Growth, Employment and Industry for UPSC GS3?

The last official poverty estimate for India (21.9% in 2011–12) was based on the methodology of the:

India's national MPI by NITI Aayog uses how many indicators?

"Faster and More Inclusive Growth" was the theme of the:

The Palma ratio compares the income share of:

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