Question

State some characteristic features of India . Please answer it in more than 5 points ​

Answer 1

Answer:

1. Low per capita income:

In India, the national income and per capita income is very low and it is considered as one of the basic features of underdevelopment.

2. Excessive dependence of agriculture and primary producing:

Indian economy is characterised by too much dependence on agriculture and thus it is primary producing. Out of the total working population of our country, a very high proportion of it is engaged in agriculture and allied activities, which contributed a large share in the national income of our country. In 2004, nearly 58 per cent of the total working population of our country was engaged in agriculture and allied activities and was contributing about 21.0 per cent of the total national income.

3. High rate of population growth:

India is maintaining a very high rate of growth of population since 1950. Thus the pressure of population in our country is very heavy. This has resulted from a very high level of birth rates coupled with a falling level of death rates prevailing in our country. In India, the rate of growth of population has been gradually increasing from 1.31 per cent annually during 1941-50 to 2.5 per cent annually during 1971-81 to 2.11 per cent annually during 1981-91 and then finally to 1.77 per cent during 2001-2011.

4. Poor rate of capital formation:

Capital deficiency is one of the characteristic features of the Indian economy. Both the amount of capital available per head and the present rate of capital formation in India is very low. Consumption of crude steel and energy are the two important indicators of low capital per head in the under-developed countries like India. In 1987, the per capita consumption of steel in India was only 20 kg as against 582 kg for Japan, 417 kg for U.S.A., 259 kg for U.K. and 64 kg for China. Similarly, the per capita consumption of electricity in 2003 was only 594 for India as against 14,057 for U.S.A., 5,943 for U.K., 8,212 for Japan and 1,440 for China.

5. Inequality in the distribution of wealth:

Another important characteristic of the Indian economy is the mal-distribution of wealth: The report of the Reserve Bank of India reveals that nearly 20 per cent of the households owing less than Rs 1000 worth of assets possess only 0.7 per cent of the total assets. Moreover, 51 per cent of the households owing less than Rs 5000 worth of assets possessed barely 8 per cent of the total assets. Lastly, the top four per cent households possessing assets worth more than Rs 50,000 held more than 31 per cent of the total assets.

6. Poor quality of human capital:

Indian economy is suffering from its poor quality of human capital. Mass illiteracy is the root of this problem and illiteracy at the same time is retarding the process of economic growth of our country. As per 2001 census, 65.3 per cent of the total population of India is literate and the rest 34.7 per cent still remains illiterate. In most of the developed countries like U.S.A., U.K., Canada, Australia etc. the level of illiteracy is even below 3 per cent. Moreover, the problem of illiteracy in India makes way for conservatism and this is going against the economy of the country.

PS: These are the economic characteristics !

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Answer 2

Answer:

Characteristic features of India

• One of the most significant of all the physical features of India, the Himalayas vary in the range between 400 Km to 150 KM.
• The three major swash systems of India- Indus, Ganga, and the Brahmaputra along with their feeders have fed the foothills of the Himalayas. Since these swash basins had a huge quantum of alluvial deposits from these glacial gutters, these regions grew rich over hundreds of times and led to the Northern Plains.
• The oldest mainland of India, the Peninsular Plateau was the result of the monumental shifts of the Gondwana Land.
• The undulating flaxen plains covered with beach stacks on the western circumferences of the Aravali Hills comprise the Indian Desert. With a downfall as low as 150 mm per annum, this region is the aridest in the country
• Right on the external edges of the Indian promontory, lies the narrow strips of the littoral plains. These ocean-fed regions cover the props of the Bay of Bengal in the East and the Arabian Sea in the West
• Two groups of islands lie on the two abysses girding the main mainland of the key.

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