Inclusive growth

We as a nation boast on robust economic growth but isn’t’ our growth superficial and peripheral or have we achieved an all Inclusive growth

Economic Growth

Wealth of High net worth individuals soared drastically even though we have not fully recovered from the downturn. With economy knocking 8-10% growth rate rich yet got richer but contrary life has not changed much for a big chunk of peoples for whom the struggle for bread& butter is a never ending battle.

Unemployment

Villagers seeking better life; migrate to the cities, adding inorganic element to the growth of cities; in form of slums and load on the resources like potable water, energy, housing, sanitation and transportation. Unavailability of accommodation results in slums wherein many people share the resources, life in such slums is really harrowing and living condition extremely difficult.

Gender equality

Many of the unemployed migrated workers work on pity jobs like construction sites carrying all sorts of head load and with there children play around the site. Nursing mother taking out time in between to feed there babies and such breaks results in lower pay scale as compared to there counterparts males. Moreover women are seen as physically weaker then men and compromises on wages as compared to men.

Socio economic

Gap between rich and poor is widening, we boast on increased number of millionaires on y-o-y basis; implicitly we mean that in increase in number of poor on y-o-y basis. One side we have plush residential complexes with all the amenities and lavishness; also we have people who stay on pavement, huts on the other side, striving to meet there ends meet

Infrastructure

Overcrowded cities with denizens having higher disposable income putting a lot of load on infrastructure. Rapidly growing cities attracts lot number of people to participate in the growth story and be a part of growth as a result of which cities are running short of roads, portable water, power and hygiene, demand of power, water is constantly increasing and we are always in deficit to meet the demands.

Conclusions: Looking at this I think that the numbers can be indicators for the external world to show that we are not only alive but are growing; but these numbers do not justify growth in its entirety and are not all inclusive.

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2010 Agenda.

This year I believe that as a country we have certain agenda’s which we need to address so that we can grow as individual and as a nation. Country first, growth and golden future for all the Indians should be our agenda for the years to come; Growth should be spreading equally across all the social-economical level and should be visible. The issues that are hampering our growth as a nation and as an individual, there are some issues which are prevailing from last many years and some are the new entrants.

1. Terrorism: Terrorism has been a set back factor for so many years and not resolved till date there must be some way out to solve the issue, I don’t know but probably it can be solved through dialogues and an amicable solution can be derived.
   
2. Employment: After the downturn major of the working professional suffered an economic set back in terms of increments, package and growth and some of them even lost there jobs. The professionals who lost there job are still not able to grab a good job till date. It’s time to create new employment opportunities for the people especially for the people in unorganized sectors for which no one have a clear picture of the level of un-employment.
   
3. Poverty: “A country is poor because it is poor” Vicious circle. We as a country should work for eradicating the poverty by promoting entrepreneurship, creating ample employment opportunities, improving public distribution system etc. Given a statistics of some percentage of India not having even one full course meal, how can we take this country to the next level?
   
4. Inflation: We all Indians has never felt the heat of inflation as badly as we are facing now a days and on top of it we already have un-employment and poverty as major issue. If the children (who are our future) are not having a nutritious diet then the future is at stake.
   
5. Student’s safety: We treat our tourist with respect because we believe that “athithi devo bhavo” a guest is like a god. But our students and citizens are getting a step brother treatment in other nations. The people there are for study or business and directly/ indirectly adding to India’s bottom line growth. Assault/ ill- treatment to Indians outside, is Assault to India and is an national issue and need to be addressed immediately.
   
6. Go Green: We as a country have grown a lot and still we have inspirations for growth and industrial revolution. We all did this at a cost of something, and that something is nothing but the nature. We need to preserve the environment for the generations and should adopt and promote all the ways and means to “Go Green”.
   
7. Exam fever: Exam fever is taking a toll on students, not able to digest there failure or bear the pressure of exams, suicides are common among the students. There should be some way out to encourage students; counseling by parents, teachers and children welfare organization can help to ease out the examination pressure.
   
8. Deep penetration: Schemes meant for upliftment for poor, needy and targeted audience doesn’t reach to them but the middlemen get benefited, some methodology should be devised, so that the needy should be benefited and should reach/ availed by the targeted audience.
   
9. Natural Calamities: India being agriculture based economy; our attitude and seriousness towards agriculture is a concern, we all have an understanding that excess or deficit of water is devastating but the actions we have taken to address this issue are not sufficient enough.
   
10. Sex ratio: According to the Census of India, 2001, the sex ratio of India stands at 933 which is an marginal improvement from the 1991 Census (927 females for every 1000 males) “Woman Empowerment” should be an important agenda in development efforts

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