“The inclusive growth strategy pursued by the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) has helped alleviate the growing social and economic disparities caused by rapid economic growth. » – Dr. Manmohan Singh. “India shines” has been India’s political slogan since the turn of the new millennium. While the world's media tout India's epic rise, millions of poor Indians remain perplexed by the contrasting reality. Every day, as millions of young, educated English speakers pursue their “Big Indian Dreams”; Millions more continue their fight against poverty, illiteracy and malnutrition. The ruling parties boast of our 7-8% economic growth, continuing their political blame game and promising “inclusion” of ordinary people in the development process. However, common people are perplexed when trying to understand the future of India's growth. With a billion people forming the 'I' in the powerful BRICS group of nations, India is undoubtedly the potential superpower. In fact, what is worrying is India's contradictory scenario in the social sector, despite strong economic growth. Development indicators such as poverty level, literacy rate and human development index give us a measuring stick and these statistics show a contrasting reality compared to what a politician promises in this country. • In India, the population below the international poverty line of $1.25 is 33%. This figure is much higher if moderate poverty is taken into account. • In 2011, the global literacy rate was 84%, while we are well below 74.04%. Moreover, gender discrimination in education poses an alarming threat to our social balance.• Despite one of the oldest family programs among developing countries, India has relatively poor performance... ... middle of paper ...... , or can the current emphasis on high growth eventually generate enough resources to invest in social sector programs? » YESM 2014, however small, is an effort to answer this question, by addressing India's multitude of problems and also focusing on the positives. of the economy. In conclusion, I would like to say that the recent achievements of democratic India are not insignificant, but the glory of Vision 2020 is uncertain. This is not the case: we are lagging behind in effective socio-economic policies, but the improvement of every section of society is only possible when democracy is practiced with informed and reasoned public engagement. Thus, a corruption-free state is of paramount importance for the proper implementation of public policies. To quote Dr. Amartya Sen and Dr. Jean Dreze: “The important task is not so much to find a “New India”, but to help make one.”