Synopsis The book in hand, Social Sustainability and Economic Development is a novel contribution of the 21 century which attempts to reveal the inherent contrasts of Indian polity and social organisation. It explains how the emerging social scene bears the seeds of a highly integrated and varied composition in socio-economic, cultural and political arena. The analysis throughout plunges deeply into lively discussions, with burning illustrations and vibrating facts from the field on interwing coordination, equity, modernisation and integration which together seem to weave the basic thread-work of social sustainability in Indian context. The diagnosis and critical evaluatory presentation of official approach in the bid for National Integration in this book is indeed impressive and true to the deepest core.