•  How do we measure aggregate poverty in view of varying predicaments and miseries of the diverse people that make up the society? •  How can we accommodate the rights and liberties of persons while giving adequate recognition to their preferences?
These are difficult questions to which we do not have ready-made answers, but these questions eloquently speak of the difficulties in achieving all-round development of the society. India’s performance in human development We, in India, have done remarkably well in many areas of human development.