Yavatmal, Sept. 29 -- Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) chief Mohan Bhagwat on Tuesday said that real development can be considered meaningful only when its benefits reach the last person in society, stressing that the welfare of the most deprived should remain central to the nation's progress.
Addressing a function organised by Deendayal Seva Pratishthan on the birth anniversary of Pandit Deendayal Upadhyaya here, Bhagwat said the concept of "Antyodaya" envisioned by Upadhyaya focused on ensuring prosperity and dignity for the last person in the social hierarchy.
He said economic growth alone cannot be the sole measure of development and that it is necessary to assess whether the benefits of progress are reaching those at the grassroots ...