why india is still a developing country ??.....
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There are various parameters to decide whether the country is a developed one or developing one. Well, I am not going to tell philosophical or emotional answer that says India is a developed country. Some true facts and parameters should be considered here.
The word “developed countries” depict a group of highly developed countries including Norway, Sweden, Finland, United States, Germany, Japan, France, UK, etc.
1. First and perhaps the most important parameter is HDI-Human Development Index.
The UN HDI is a statistical measure that gauges a country's level of human development. While there is a strong correlation between having a high HDI score and a prosperous economy, the UN points out that the HDI accounts for more than income or productivity. Unlike GDP per capita or per capita income, the HDI takes into account how income is turned "into education and health opportunities and therefore into higher levels of human development”.
India’s HDI for year 2018 is 0.624 whereas IMF has a threshold of 0.788 for developed countries.
2. Per Ca pita Income: India has $1709 whereas average of the world stands at $16779. Pretty low! And credit goes to large population of India.
3. Life Expectancy: India has life expectancy of 68.35 year whereas the average for the world is 70.5 years. India is pushing hard in this sector. Still we are below the world average and that makes us a developing country.
4. Poverty: India was at the top in poverty for several decades. Although it slipped to second place when Nigeria topped, almost 180 Million people in India are still under poverty line. Access to clean water, toilets, houses, are still considered luxury in many of the rural areas of India. But India has fought hard with unemployment and this rate has been reduced significantly.
5. Healthcare: Infant mortality rate, death rate and birth rate of India are still higher than the world average. India clearly lacks healthcare infrastructure in many aspects. According to WHO, a doctor to population ratio should be 1:1000 whereas India’s ratio for the same is 0.62:1000.
There are several other parameters such as Industrialization, literacy rate, education parameters like number of institutes for higher education, standard of living, etc.
To become a developed country, I think, India should invest and spend more on primary & secondary education (increasing cost of education is not a good sign for India), healthcare facilities & infrastructure. Education is the key to development and we spend less than many.
technologically, India’s performance is bettering day by day although not satisfactory enough. But solid progress has been made. So I omitted this point.
India performs better than Bangladesh, Pakistan, Brazil, etc. But I never compare India with them. I prefer US, China for comparison. To make progress, compare with best, not with worse!
Above are statistical reasons why India is considered as a developing country and not the reasons behind these statistics. Corruption, lack of responsibility towards society are some such reasons. Read this answer Nehaal Patankar's answer to What must India learn from the West? for more clarification about this answer.
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