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Economic Growth and Human Well-being in India: Evidence through adjusted GDP measure.

Authors :
Singh, Shashank Vikram Pratap
Shrotryia, V. K.
Source :
Social Indicators Research. Feb2024, Vol. 171 Issue 3, p987-1018. 32p.
Publication Year :
2024

Abstract

The outcome of economic growth is visualised as the well-being of citizens or human well-being (HWB). However, it has been a great challenge to measure HWB. Though there are known reasons for considering GDP and its growth as a measure of overall development and progress of nations, yet mostly it is being used as a gospel indicator to compare nations and design appropriate policies. This paper is an effort to develop a comprehensive adjusted GDP to measure HWB through secondary data for thirty years (1990–91 to 2019–20) in India. We make thirty-five adjustments to net national income (NNI) to compute the adjusted national income (ANI) index based on the system analysis approach. The empirical findings show that the gap between NNI and ANI has been growing over time, and the ANI index shows an increasing trend. Through the analysis it is suggested that economic growth should be focused only if it improves HWB (full or partial). The paper attempts to make intervention into policy shift for improving HWB vis-à-vis happiness of people. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
03038300
Volume :
171
Issue :
3
Database :
Academic Search Index
Journal :
Social Indicators Research
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
175831804
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11205-023-03283-7