"Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to
succeed is always to try just one more time"
—Thomas A. Edison (American, 1847-1931)
Word
for the day
Sine die (Adv)
Without fixing a day for future action or meeting, e.g., The assembly adjourned sine die.
Malice
towards none
ISRO launched 104 birds in
the space. A record of sorts.
I wonder, do we already have
a traffic protocol for outer space!
At this pace, the traffic
there could be as bad as Chandni Chowk, in a few years.
First random
thought this morning
A record 27 Us Congressmen are scheduled to visit India from
February 25.
It could be anything, but is certainly not a sign of hostility
towards India.
The statement of foreign secretary, after a second extension of
term, that president Trump needs to be better understood, clearly points to
deepening and strengthening ties.
Anyone who is worried about disastrous impact of Trump Sarkar on
Indian business interests should better wait and watch for few more months, at
the least.
What about demographic liability
"India’s share of working age to non-working
age population will peak later and at a lower level than that for other countries
but last longer. The peak of the growth boost due to the demographic dividend
is fast approaching, with peninsular states peaking soon and the hinterland
states peaking much later." — The Economic Survey 2016-17
Millions of reams have been used to
write and publish about the demographic characteristics of India. Many stories,
themes and strategies have been built around the young demographic profile of
1.25bn Indians.
Almost all these stories and
strategies recognize the young Indian as a great opportunity -
"Demographic dividend" for the Indian economy. Of course few of them
have words of caution also. Failure to channelize this vast reservoir of energy
into productive streams may not only dissipate the demographic dividend but
also prove to be counterproductive in terms of widespread civil unrest and
violent disruptions.
I have however not come across any
presentation that classifies this demographic profile as the solemn
accountability and responsibility of India to the world. Considering that the
global community has always valued the resource rich nations and expected them
to behave in a responsible manner to preserve the global order.
The capital rich western world has
been expected to help the poor and starved of the world. The world looked forward
to them to fund technological advancement, preservation of cultural heritage,
assisting global growth and development. Even after taking full cognizance of
the allegations of imperialism and suppression, I believe that financially rich
communities have worked for the betterment of human life by funding
technological innovation, life science research & development, productivity
enhancement, and development assistance to the economically lagging world.
Similarly, nations rich in natural resources like minerals etc. have been
expected to prospect and exploit these resources in optimum manner to assist
the sustenance and growth of the global economy.
My point is that now since India
possesses the largest pool of prospective workers for the world, should it not
be responsibility of Indian government to prospect, grow, and develop this
resource for the larger benefit of the global community.
This is even more pertinent in the
context of the current global financial crisis. In places like Europe and Japan
the root cause of the crisis could be traced to the aging demographic profile.
China is also like to join the club in a decade or so. Under the circumstances
it is the responsibility of India to provide educated, skilled and trained
workforce to the global economy.
A number of research papers and
surveys have shown that (a) Child and mother nutrition level in India is
sub-standard consequently child mortality rates are poor; (b) higher and
professional education standards are extremely poor consequently a large number
of Indian graduates are unemployable even in routine jobs; (c) There is acute
shortage of competent scientists to scale up research and development (R&T)
activities to make Indian businesses competitive at global stage....to continue
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