While I agree with you that it is essential to include ALL in the nation's growth, I fail to understand how we can provide food, clothing and shelter to all, without achieving GDP growth. Do you know that in excess of 50% of the Indian population is below 25 years of age. Forget everything else,just to provide employment to the millions that will be entering the work force in the next 10 years, will require the country to growt in excess of 9%. I am not sure where you learnt the "perfect economics".