The groups are expected to speak for 2 minutes on the said topic. The speaking would consist of the importance of the human resources, availability, area in which it is found in Odisha, what are its uses and lastly speak about whether the mining/production/export of the resources are 2 done in a sustainable manner
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There are many problems facing India but let us look at the major ones which are not that obvious like poverty or illiteracy or corruption;
Lack of integrity; Businesses want to make profit at any cost, bureaucrats want to make money at any cost, politicians do politics without any morals, media has no principles, small and medium traders do not want to pay taxes, farmers (rich or poor) expect government to pay electricity bills, subsidies for fertilizer, waive off loans, And all blame someone else for their misery or cite others as a reason for their deeds. recently in FB I got a post from my very good friend which showed how traders are suffering due to GST(those guys who evaded taxes) and it was said that while there are people with money in Swiss bank, these traders are suffering due to GST and taxes. Another friend of mine who is a small traders stands to lose business due to plastic ban in Maharashtra so he keeps spreading misinformation about the ban. So basically people just drAw comparisons with some one else on the wrong side of the law to cover up their mistakes or irregularities
Population density and economic and natural resources : given the rate of population increase, very soon it will be difficult for the people to find enough resources to sustain their living. Resources are limited. Just consider the agriculture sector - it employs 60% of working population and contributes 17 to 20 % to GDP which means most of the people are busy but not producing enough output or they are under employed. Construction and services sector have seen large increase in jobs but the workers are lowest paid or unorganized. Land holdings are getting subdivided. Increase in population will bring more educated as well as uneducated youth in workforce and there are not enough jobs suiting their skills. While politicians have prospered by venturing into education sector no planned effort has gone in to planning to create jobs for these young people.
Demographics and women in workforce: India currently has the youngest working population on the globe I.e. those around 35 years or less constitutes 65% of population. If we look at workforce, not enough women are a part of it. As per a recent study only 31% of women return to jobs after marriage. McKinsey report says that India can simply increase the economic growth between 16% to 60% by 2025 by including the women in workforce. At a time when we are fastest growing economy women are not represented enough. Ironically lesser educated women are present in significant numbers in unorganized sector but the number of educated and unemployed women is large. Each year we celebrate the graduation results, CBSE results or civil services results but just imagine that all those girls who score so good in universities (50%) of the students may end up being housewives so gender inequalities and social norms need to be set right so that women get more opportunities to use their skills and help the economy and all of us grow.
Lack of automation: indians who has made great progress in architecture, metallurgy, sciences etc in ancient tones seem to lose their way. Today we see that there is resistance to change or adopt technology. Technologies come in only when there is dire need or when it is overdue. Agriculture still suffers from lack of mechanics or irrigation. Government organizations or departments still operate with outdated technologies or there is lot of inertia and delay to implement technical advances. GST took more than a decade to come through. Aadhar is still not foolproof. Except income tax or passport services and now EPF rest are still struggling to adopt technologies. Police, land, revenue etc still need upgrades.
Pendency of legal cases: with more than 2 crore cases pending in district courts and slightly a crore cases in high courts, there is lack of justice to average Indian. This forces people to make out of court arrangements, avoid going to courts or settle matters with alternative arrangements leading to corruption. It is really a joke that prominent personalities are able to delay judgement or fast track cases by choice. Most culprits who remain accused, due a natural death without the courts pronouncing judgement or some less fortunate souls spend a lifetime in jails pending the judgement. There is absolutely no fear of law hence. It’s a great irony that we have probably the largest number of non-practicing legal professionals.
Other prominent problems facing our country are very obvious and have been brought up in one form or other hence so I thought above ones need a thought.
We are collectively responsible for resolving these issues hence I hope to get some constructive comments too.
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