The concept and thinking of development has undergone a sea change over the period. The focus has been shifted from economic growth measured in terms of GDP to quality of growth. Health care, education, life expectancy, child mortality, sanitation, access to decent life etc holds paramount importance in every discussion of developmental issue and attracts attention of academia. It is argued that, comparatively better performance of these indicators would automatically take care of well being of people both in economic and social counts and expedite the pace of economic growth of the country....