Friday, August 17, 2007

INDIA! YOU ROCK!


INDIA IS HEADING IN THE RIGHT
DIRECTION.
Please read:-

Yes..India is improving. Steadily but surely with all the difficulties.
In fact, many countries have fallen to a negative trap and either disintegrated or disintegrating when confronted with similar obstructions.

Let us see some figures:
How many heavy industries were there before independence?. NONE.
Now around more than 1500 heavy industries pulling the Indian economy to the road of prosperity.

How many automobiles were made by India before independence?. None.
Now India is the Asia’s largest auto maker.

How much oil was produced in India before 1947: none.
How much oil is produce in India - Almost equalling to OMAN’s production..

What was the literacy before independence - 16%
What is the literacy rate now: - 65%

What was the life expectancy of an Indian before 1947?- 32 years.
What was the life expectancy of an indian Now? - 65 years.

How many people were below poverty line before 1947:- 85% (Yes..Staggering)
(Wealth was in the hands of very very few)
How many people are below poverty line now: 35%.

How much pharmaceutical products were produced by India? - NONE.
Now India is second largest exporter of base pharmaceutical products.

More figures:
We are the second largest food producing country in the world.
We are in largest Rice producing country in the world.
We have the largest postal network in the world.
We have the largest Railway network in the world.
(Of course, both the postal and railway network were given by British, but we maintained it and expanded it)

Indian Railway is the single largest employer in the world, employing some 1.7 million people.

India has the second largest army in the world.
80% of the defence products are made with in the country, which is quite an achievement. Because, before independence, the indigenous defence production is a big 0.

India is the fourth country in the world to launch its own satellite on the sky.

India has some 14 atomic reactors which caters to the energy needs of the vast country.

India is the third country in the world to design, develop and produce its first super computer.

India has some 100 companies, which is featuring in fortune 500 list.
Indian Tea company is the largest in the world.
Indian Steel tycoon Laxmi Mittal heads the world largest steel group.
India has some three billionaires in the top 20 list.
India is second largest direct investor in London in 2006, next only to USA.

The list is endless.

However, there are some failings as well:

Indian population has grown three times in the last 60 years.
(This may be biggest reason for many ills)
Poverty is still the largest menace to tackle. Some 35% of the population. I.e. 300 million (The size of the USA’s Population) still below poverty line.

Country’s infrastructure needs to be improved in a major way. Of course, in the recent years we are seeing this happening. Example – Many national highways projects like Golden quadrangle Road project.

Literacy rate needs to be improved.
Unemployment / under employment is very high which need attention.
Big improvement is needed in the Health for all policy.

Water resources should be harnessed and plan should implemented for its better utilisation.

So the list goes on.
But these are challenges, which India will over come.
The reason for this optimism is, when you compare the history of the many nations, no country of this size has achieved so much in so short period.
It is easy to do miracles in countries like Singapore, which is just 21 miles long.
India’s size is legendry.

So we can summarise that INDIA ROCKS…