The document discusses potential security threats facing South Asia and India in 2014. Key points include:
- The withdrawal of US forces from Afghanistan could allow the Taliban to regain control with Pakistan's support. This could divert thousands of militants toward Kashmir and India.
- Elections in Bangladesh and political instability in Nepal could empower Islamist groups and increase support for militants targeting India.
- Groups like Lashkar-e-Taiba and Indian Mujahideen may launch more attacks in India in 2014, potentially targeting industrial infrastructure along the coasts.
- India's demographic challenges, including a growing population and large youth bulge, mean it must generate hundreds of millions of new jobs to maintain stability. Failure to do so could
India has the potential to become a superpower due to several factors:
1) It has the third largest education system and is continuing to improve literacy rates.
2) Over half the population is under 25, making India the youngest country.
3) A growing middle class of over 500 million people will drive domestic economic growth.
4) Several sectors like IT, manufacturing, and infrastructure are growing rapidly due to reforms and investment.
This document summarizes a debate on bikini waxing among successful Indian women. Some physicians argue that bikini waxing increases health risks by irritating hair follicles and leaving micro-wounds that can harbor infections. However, others believe women should have the choice regarding their own bodies. The debate touches on issues of women's empowerment, health risks, and social/cultural norms.
The document discusses India's Vision 2020 plan to become a developed nation. It states that achieving this vision will require strong commitment from political leadership and that implementation should be de-linked from political parties. It outlines some key areas of focus for Vision 2020, including administrative efficiency, supporting small and medium enterprises, eliminating poverty, improving health and education, and developing infrastructure like transportation and power plants. The document also provides background on operational research and how modeling approaches could help achieve the goals of Vision 2020.
India has experienced significant economic growth in recent decades, fueled primarily by growth in the private sector and services industry. However, India still faces major problems, such as poor infrastructure, a large unskilled workforce, corruption, and agricultural difficulties that have led to many farmer suicides. While some parts of India have grown wealthier, many citizens still live in poverty without adequate access to education, healthcare, or employment opportunities. Overall, India has improved but still has progress to make in ensuring all of its population can enjoy better standards of living.
The document discusses India's "Make in India" initiative launched by Prime Minister Modi to promote manufacturing in India. It aims to attract foreign and domestic investment in 25 key sectors by improving infrastructure, easing regulations, and developing workforce skills. The initiative seeks to address barriers that have hindered manufacturing growth such as regulatory hurdles, inadequate infrastructure, labor laws, and skills gap. While services have driven India's growth, the country needs to increase manufacturing to absorb its growing workforce and improve its trade deficit. Critics argue the initiative may not create sufficient jobs or value addition given infrastructure constraints and global economic conditions. Supporters counter that manufacturing is vital to drive broad economic growth through multiplier effects.
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This document discusses factors needed for India to achieve its goal of becoming a $5 trillion economy by 2024. It notes that India's economy would need to grow at an average of 11.5% annually to reach this target. Robust growth in higher education focused on skills development will be critical to support India's transition to a services-led economy. The document outlines projections that India will need 1200 universities and 50 million students enrolled by 2025, up from the current 950 universities and 36.6 million students, in order to sustain the targeted growth in gross enrollment ratio to 35% by 2025. Strengthening accreditation standards and curriculum to develop talent ready for Industry 4.0 will also be important for India
India has the potential to become a superpower due to several factors:
1) It has the third largest education system and is continuing to improve literacy rates.
2) Over half the population is under 25, making India the youngest country.
3) A growing middle class of over 500 million people will drive domestic economic growth.
4) Several sectors like IT, manufacturing, and infrastructure are growing rapidly due to reforms and investment.
This document summarizes a debate on bikini waxing among successful Indian women. Some physicians argue that bikini waxing increases health risks by irritating hair follicles and leaving micro-wounds that can harbor infections. However, others believe women should have the choice regarding their own bodies. The debate touches on issues of women's empowerment, health risks, and social/cultural norms.
The document discusses India's Vision 2020 plan to become a developed nation. It states that achieving this vision will require strong commitment from political leadership and that implementation should be de-linked from political parties. It outlines some key areas of focus for Vision 2020, including administrative efficiency, supporting small and medium enterprises, eliminating poverty, improving health and education, and developing infrastructure like transportation and power plants. The document also provides background on operational research and how modeling approaches could help achieve the goals of Vision 2020.
India has experienced significant economic growth in recent decades, fueled primarily by growth in the private sector and services industry. However, India still faces major problems, such as poor infrastructure, a large unskilled workforce, corruption, and agricultural difficulties that have led to many farmer suicides. While some parts of India have grown wealthier, many citizens still live in poverty without adequate access to education, healthcare, or employment opportunities. Overall, India has improved but still has progress to make in ensuring all of its population can enjoy better standards of living.
The document discusses India's "Make in India" initiative launched by Prime Minister Modi to promote manufacturing in India. It aims to attract foreign and domestic investment in 25 key sectors by improving infrastructure, easing regulations, and developing workforce skills. The initiative seeks to address barriers that have hindered manufacturing growth such as regulatory hurdles, inadequate infrastructure, labor laws, and skills gap. While services have driven India's growth, the country needs to increase manufacturing to absorb its growing workforce and improve its trade deficit. Critics argue the initiative may not create sufficient jobs or value addition given infrastructure constraints and global economic conditions. Supporters counter that manufacturing is vital to drive broad economic growth through multiplier effects.
Education Promotion Society for India (EPSI) & Indian Management Conclave (IM...BIMTECH Greater Noida
This document discusses factors needed for India to achieve its goal of becoming a $5 trillion economy by 2024. It notes that India's economy would need to grow at an average of 11.5% annually to reach this target. Robust growth in higher education focused on skills development will be critical to support India's transition to a services-led economy. The document outlines projections that India will need 1200 universities and 50 million students enrolled by 2025, up from the current 950 universities and 36.6 million students, in order to sustain the targeted growth in gross enrollment ratio to 35% by 2025. Strengthening accreditation standards and curriculum to develop talent ready for Industry 4.0 will also be important for India
MEET INDIA - A SHORT CONDUCTED TOUR OF THE WORLD'S MOST COMPLEX AND AMONG ITS...avidas
The document provides an overview of India's economy through a series of slides presented by Mohan Guruswamy. It discusses India's large and diverse population, its growing economy that became the third largest in the world in PPP terms, and its continued economic growth despite some recent tapering. It also examines India's regional imbalances, poverty levels, and other economic challenges while highlighting the country's potential for continued growth through expanding its large workforce and a growing middle class.
This document provides an overview of international corporate success stories in India from a macroeconomic perspective. It discusses key factors that have attracted foreign direct investment to India such as a large consumer market driven by demographics, rising incomes, and urbanization. Specifically, it highlights India's young population, expanding middle class, and potential to become the world's largest consumer market by 2030. The document also examines India's regulatory framework and provides a case study of Unilever's over 100 years of operations and growth in India.
This document provides an introduction and overview of a report on the real state of the Indian economy in 2017 from the perspective of the Indian National Congress. Some key points:
- The report aims to present an accurate assessment of India's economic performance using data and expert inputs, as an alternative to the Economic Survey presented by the government.
- It highlights that job creation is the most important indicator of economic performance, yet official data shows a decline in new jobs created from around 11 lakh per year in 2010 to less than 1.5 lakh in 2016.
- Demonetization has further slowed economic growth and job creation, with experts estimating a 1-2% drop in GDP growth, costing 1.
The document discusses the growing gaps between jobs, investments, and infrastructure in India and the failure of government programs to create sufficient jobs. It notes that while the BJP promised to create millions of new jobs, actual job creation has declined sharply from 11 lakh new jobs in 2010 to less than 1.5 lakh in 2016. Government programs like Skill India, Make in India, and Startup India that aimed to boost jobs have largely been unsuccessful due to faulty design and poor implementation. As a result, India faces a looming "demographic disaster" if the trend of insufficient job creation is not reversed.
International Journal of Business and Management Invention (IJBMI)inventionjournals
International Journal of Business and Management Invention (IJBMI) is an international journal intended for professionals and researchers in all fields of Business and Management. IJBMI publishes research articles and reviews within the whole field Business and Management, new teaching methods, assessment, validation and the impact of new technologies and it will continue to provide information on the latest trends and developments in this ever-expanding subject. The publications of papers are selected through double peer reviewed to ensure originality, relevance, and readability. The articles published in our journal can be accessed online.
The slide was prepared in collaboration with Praneet Sharma at IIIT-Delhi.
This presentation shows the various factors that is holding India back from becoming a super power.
What do you think??
India has the potential to become a superpower due to several factors:
1) It has a large and growing population, with investments in education helping to build a skilled workforce.
2) Infrastructure development and economic reforms have supported strong economic growth rates over 8% annually in recent years.
3) The rising Indian middle class, growth of the IT industry, and increasing domestic consumption are expected to continue driving the economy.
4) Significant investments in modernizing its military, which already has the second largest standing army in the world, demonstrate India's growing international influence.
India has experienced both growth and decline in recent years. [1] Some areas of growth include FDI inflows, the telecom and stock markets, and power generation. [2] However, India also faces challenges such as high inflation, slow GDP growth, poverty, and corruption. [3] North American companies have found success in India, particularly in the hospitality, electronics, banking, entertainment, and retail industries due to the large population, growing middle class, and blending of cultures.
Entrepreneurship Education in Islamic Community: Its Application in Human Res...ikhsan setiawan
This document discusses entrepreneurship education and its application in a Human Resource Planning and Development course at Narotama University in Surabaya, Indonesia. The course integrated entrepreneurship principles by having students develop 5-year business plans and strategic human resource management plans for their own startups based on Islamic business perspectives and values. Data was collected through interviews and observations of the 20 students in the course. The findings suggest the course design was effective in enhancing students' entrepreneurial motivation and skills from an Islamic perspective to potentially start their own businesses after graduation.
This document discusses youth unemployment in South Asia and priority actions needed to accelerate progress towards achieving Sustainable Development Goal 8 of promoting sustained, inclusive and sustainable economic growth.
It finds that South Asia faces significant challenges related to youth unemployment, as the region has one-fifth of its population aged 15-24, the largest number of young people transitioning into adulthood globally, and high youth unemployment rates. The document examines youth employment trends and policies in Bangladesh, India and Pakistan. It recommends national strategies and monitoring frameworks for youth employment, revisiting taxes and regulations to support skills development, seed grants for start-ups, and vocational training programs targeting unemployed youth. The findings aim to help policymakers in South Asia align plans
Modern India has over 2000 ethnic groups speaking 1652 languages. It has a population of 1.2 billion people spread across 32 states and union territories ranging greatly in population size. India's diversity means it is best suited to a democratic form of government. The document also discusses India's large youth population, growing economy, and demographic trends compared to other countries in Asia. It notes that India will have 270 million young people entering the workforce by 2020 which could boost economic growth if jobs are created.
The document discusses human capital formation in India. It defines human capital formation as acquiring skills, education, and experience to increase economic and political development. Sources of human capital formation include expenditures on education, health, on-the-job training, migration, and information. While human capital growth in India has been fast, economic growth has not increased at the same rate due to challenges like high population growth, poverty, and low education quality. Further investments in education and health are needed to fully realize gains from India's demographic dividend.
India is a complex market due to the regional diversity, rural-urban divide, presence of a large unorganized market, and multiple legal and administrative systems. Companies that have understood the nuances of handling India’s complex business environment have been successful. This white paper seeks to help illustrate some of these nuances, and offer some possible solutions to overcoming the inherent MI challenges in India. This presentation shows selected slides from a GIA white paper. To download the entire white paper that you are interested in, please visit http://bit.ly/GIAinsightWP
This document provides an overview and salary ranges for jobs in the banking and finance industry in Indonesia in 2017. It discusses the outlook for the banking industry, which is expected to see continued growth. It also mentions opportunities in the emerging sharia finance and financial technology industries. The main body provides salary ranges for various roles in retail/corporate banking, accounting/finance, and insurance. Salaries range from IDR3.3 million to IDR250 million depending on role, qualifications, and experience.
2013 ka wi india's demographic divident - asset or laibilitybrandsynapse
This document discusses India's large and young population as either a potential asset or liability for the country's economic growth. While India's demographic dividend could boost GDP growth if jobs are created and people acquire necessary skills, there is also a risk that many will lack opportunities and skills training. Opinions diverge on whether India can generate enough employment. While some are optimistic India can export skilled labor, others are more pessimistic given that development has focused more on skilled services than labor-intensive manufacturing, and question whether skills training can match the demand. How India addresses this skills gap and employs its youth will determine if its demographic profile becomes an economic asset or liability.
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India Cannot Be a Superpower by 2020-A Special Comparison by Chinese EconomyIJLT EMAS
I. RESEARCH OBJECTIVES
1) To know the reasons of growth of Chinese Economy
2) To compare Chinese and Indian Economy
II. INTRODUCTION
The late scientist and India’s 11th President Dr. APJ Abdul
Kalam penned a book by the name of India 2020: A Vision
for the New Millennium in which he advocated that “A
developed India by 2020, or even earlier, is not a dream. It
need not be a mere vision in the minds of many Indians. It is a
mission we can all take up and succeed.” And in this book he
was thoroughly concentrated on making India a Superpower
by the year 2020 for which he gave many pitfalls in the Indian
economy and the ways to overcome the problems.
- India's population in 2015 was estimated at 1.254 billion people, representing around 18% of the world's population.
- India has a young population, with around 60% under the age of 35. This large working age population provides a potential demographic dividend if the population is educated and skilled.
- However, challenges remain as literacy rates are only 74% overall, and quality of education is poor with high dropout rates. This limits India's ability to benefit fully from its demographic dividend.
- The government is taking steps to boost employment such as job training programs, but 25% of India's population still lives in slums with inadequate basic amenities. Harnessing the full potential of India's population will
The document discusses India's demographic transition and the opportunities it presents. It notes that India has a large young population under 35 years old, which can provide a demographic dividend if India invests in education and skills training to ready this population for the workforce. However, regional disparities in education access mean the benefits may not be evenly spread. If India addresses challenges in education and vocational training, its large skilled workforce could help accelerate economic growth and make India a global manufacturing and services hub.
The chief economic advisor argues that India surpassing China's growth rate by 2014 is possible for three main reasons: 1) India's large young population will help raise the savings rate to over 40% of GDP, fueling growth; 2) Demographic shifts favor India, which will have a growing workforce while China's population ages; 3) India has handled the economic crisis better than China through prudent fiscal and monetary policies.
This document provides an overview of India's labor and employment scenario. It notes that while India's working age population is growing, the labor force participation rate has declined in recent years, especially for women and younger workers. Employment growth has also slowed compared to previous decades. The majority of India's workforce is employed informally without security or benefits. Duality persists between organized/unorganized sectors and formal/informal work.
MEET INDIA - A SHORT CONDUCTED TOUR OF THE WORLD'S MOST COMPLEX AND AMONG ITS...avidas
The document provides an overview of India's economy through a series of slides presented by Mohan Guruswamy. It discusses India's large and diverse population, its growing economy that became the third largest in the world in PPP terms, and its continued economic growth despite some recent tapering. It also examines India's regional imbalances, poverty levels, and other economic challenges while highlighting the country's potential for continued growth through expanding its large workforce and a growing middle class.
This document provides an overview of international corporate success stories in India from a macroeconomic perspective. It discusses key factors that have attracted foreign direct investment to India such as a large consumer market driven by demographics, rising incomes, and urbanization. Specifically, it highlights India's young population, expanding middle class, and potential to become the world's largest consumer market by 2030. The document also examines India's regulatory framework and provides a case study of Unilever's over 100 years of operations and growth in India.
This document provides an introduction and overview of a report on the real state of the Indian economy in 2017 from the perspective of the Indian National Congress. Some key points:
- The report aims to present an accurate assessment of India's economic performance using data and expert inputs, as an alternative to the Economic Survey presented by the government.
- It highlights that job creation is the most important indicator of economic performance, yet official data shows a decline in new jobs created from around 11 lakh per year in 2010 to less than 1.5 lakh in 2016.
- Demonetization has further slowed economic growth and job creation, with experts estimating a 1-2% drop in GDP growth, costing 1.
The document discusses the growing gaps between jobs, investments, and infrastructure in India and the failure of government programs to create sufficient jobs. It notes that while the BJP promised to create millions of new jobs, actual job creation has declined sharply from 11 lakh new jobs in 2010 to less than 1.5 lakh in 2016. Government programs like Skill India, Make in India, and Startup India that aimed to boost jobs have largely been unsuccessful due to faulty design and poor implementation. As a result, India faces a looming "demographic disaster" if the trend of insufficient job creation is not reversed.
International Journal of Business and Management Invention (IJBMI)inventionjournals
International Journal of Business and Management Invention (IJBMI) is an international journal intended for professionals and researchers in all fields of Business and Management. IJBMI publishes research articles and reviews within the whole field Business and Management, new teaching methods, assessment, validation and the impact of new technologies and it will continue to provide information on the latest trends and developments in this ever-expanding subject. The publications of papers are selected through double peer reviewed to ensure originality, relevance, and readability. The articles published in our journal can be accessed online.
The slide was prepared in collaboration with Praneet Sharma at IIIT-Delhi.
This presentation shows the various factors that is holding India back from becoming a super power.
What do you think??
India has the potential to become a superpower due to several factors:
1) It has a large and growing population, with investments in education helping to build a skilled workforce.
2) Infrastructure development and economic reforms have supported strong economic growth rates over 8% annually in recent years.
3) The rising Indian middle class, growth of the IT industry, and increasing domestic consumption are expected to continue driving the economy.
4) Significant investments in modernizing its military, which already has the second largest standing army in the world, demonstrate India's growing international influence.
India has experienced both growth and decline in recent years. [1] Some areas of growth include FDI inflows, the telecom and stock markets, and power generation. [2] However, India also faces challenges such as high inflation, slow GDP growth, poverty, and corruption. [3] North American companies have found success in India, particularly in the hospitality, electronics, banking, entertainment, and retail industries due to the large population, growing middle class, and blending of cultures.
Entrepreneurship Education in Islamic Community: Its Application in Human Res...ikhsan setiawan
This document discusses entrepreneurship education and its application in a Human Resource Planning and Development course at Narotama University in Surabaya, Indonesia. The course integrated entrepreneurship principles by having students develop 5-year business plans and strategic human resource management plans for their own startups based on Islamic business perspectives and values. Data was collected through interviews and observations of the 20 students in the course. The findings suggest the course design was effective in enhancing students' entrepreneurial motivation and skills from an Islamic perspective to potentially start their own businesses after graduation.
This document discusses youth unemployment in South Asia and priority actions needed to accelerate progress towards achieving Sustainable Development Goal 8 of promoting sustained, inclusive and sustainable economic growth.
It finds that South Asia faces significant challenges related to youth unemployment, as the region has one-fifth of its population aged 15-24, the largest number of young people transitioning into adulthood globally, and high youth unemployment rates. The document examines youth employment trends and policies in Bangladesh, India and Pakistan. It recommends national strategies and monitoring frameworks for youth employment, revisiting taxes and regulations to support skills development, seed grants for start-ups, and vocational training programs targeting unemployed youth. The findings aim to help policymakers in South Asia align plans
Modern India has over 2000 ethnic groups speaking 1652 languages. It has a population of 1.2 billion people spread across 32 states and union territories ranging greatly in population size. India's diversity means it is best suited to a democratic form of government. The document also discusses India's large youth population, growing economy, and demographic trends compared to other countries in Asia. It notes that India will have 270 million young people entering the workforce by 2020 which could boost economic growth if jobs are created.
The document discusses human capital formation in India. It defines human capital formation as acquiring skills, education, and experience to increase economic and political development. Sources of human capital formation include expenditures on education, health, on-the-job training, migration, and information. While human capital growth in India has been fast, economic growth has not increased at the same rate due to challenges like high population growth, poverty, and low education quality. Further investments in education and health are needed to fully realize gains from India's demographic dividend.
India is a complex market due to the regional diversity, rural-urban divide, presence of a large unorganized market, and multiple legal and administrative systems. Companies that have understood the nuances of handling India’s complex business environment have been successful. This white paper seeks to help illustrate some of these nuances, and offer some possible solutions to overcoming the inherent MI challenges in India. This presentation shows selected slides from a GIA white paper. To download the entire white paper that you are interested in, please visit http://bit.ly/GIAinsightWP
This document provides an overview and salary ranges for jobs in the banking and finance industry in Indonesia in 2017. It discusses the outlook for the banking industry, which is expected to see continued growth. It also mentions opportunities in the emerging sharia finance and financial technology industries. The main body provides salary ranges for various roles in retail/corporate banking, accounting/finance, and insurance. Salaries range from IDR3.3 million to IDR250 million depending on role, qualifications, and experience.
2013 ka wi india's demographic divident - asset or laibilitybrandsynapse
This document discusses India's large and young population as either a potential asset or liability for the country's economic growth. While India's demographic dividend could boost GDP growth if jobs are created and people acquire necessary skills, there is also a risk that many will lack opportunities and skills training. Opinions diverge on whether India can generate enough employment. While some are optimistic India can export skilled labor, others are more pessimistic given that development has focused more on skilled services than labor-intensive manufacturing, and question whether skills training can match the demand. How India addresses this skills gap and employs its youth will determine if its demographic profile becomes an economic asset or liability.
Education sector's growth lies with its talentPeopleWorks IN
Macroeconomic trends perking the newsstands are usually ignored by many of us as a buzz of the newspapers. However, each one of us plays an important role in shaping the future of our economy. The educational sector is thus a lucrative sector. Streamline the talent of your educational enterprise with the magic wand of technology, ensuring smoother workflow. Ensure efficiency by micro organizing employee data, trigger productivity and growth of the educational enterprise. Shift the focus from the attrition mode towards the effective employee engagement mode!
Usher the advantage of the cloud with PeopleWorks and enjoy growth uninterrupted!
India Cannot Be a Superpower by 2020-A Special Comparison by Chinese EconomyIJLT EMAS
I. RESEARCH OBJECTIVES
1) To know the reasons of growth of Chinese Economy
2) To compare Chinese and Indian Economy
II. INTRODUCTION
The late scientist and India’s 11th President Dr. APJ Abdul
Kalam penned a book by the name of India 2020: A Vision
for the New Millennium in which he advocated that “A
developed India by 2020, or even earlier, is not a dream. It
need not be a mere vision in the minds of many Indians. It is a
mission we can all take up and succeed.” And in this book he
was thoroughly concentrated on making India a Superpower
by the year 2020 for which he gave many pitfalls in the Indian
economy and the ways to overcome the problems.
- India's population in 2015 was estimated at 1.254 billion people, representing around 18% of the world's population.
- India has a young population, with around 60% under the age of 35. This large working age population provides a potential demographic dividend if the population is educated and skilled.
- However, challenges remain as literacy rates are only 74% overall, and quality of education is poor with high dropout rates. This limits India's ability to benefit fully from its demographic dividend.
- The government is taking steps to boost employment such as job training programs, but 25% of India's population still lives in slums with inadequate basic amenities. Harnessing the full potential of India's population will
The document discusses India's demographic transition and the opportunities it presents. It notes that India has a large young population under 35 years old, which can provide a demographic dividend if India invests in education and skills training to ready this population for the workforce. However, regional disparities in education access mean the benefits may not be evenly spread. If India addresses challenges in education and vocational training, its large skilled workforce could help accelerate economic growth and make India a global manufacturing and services hub.
The chief economic advisor argues that India surpassing China's growth rate by 2014 is possible for three main reasons: 1) India's large young population will help raise the savings rate to over 40% of GDP, fueling growth; 2) Demographic shifts favor India, which will have a growing workforce while China's population ages; 3) India has handled the economic crisis better than China through prudent fiscal and monetary policies.
This document provides an overview of India's labor and employment scenario. It notes that while India's working age population is growing, the labor force participation rate has declined in recent years, especially for women and younger workers. Employment growth has also slowed compared to previous decades. The majority of India's workforce is employed informally without security or benefits. Duality persists between organized/unorganized sectors and formal/informal work.
The document discusses forecasts that India will become the third largest economy in the world by 2025, after China and the United States. It outlines sectors of the Indian economy like agriculture, industry, and services, as well as drivers of growth such as foreign direct investment, entrepreneurship, and human capital. Reforms are still needed to fully realize India's economic potential, including in areas like governance, education, infrastructure, and more.
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India’s wealth and poverty levels
This study will focus on the economic standards of India and the factors that have lead India to have a wealth and poor population at the same time. India over the last couple of year, it has experienced an increased per capita income due to its increased work force. Also, India has been known as one of the countries with a large population languishing over poverty.
India has been experiencing an increase in its economic growth rate over the last four years. In the fiscal year 2014 - 2015 the country had a 7.4% economic increase compared to a 6.9% increase in the fiscal year 2013 - 2014. The country is projecting an economic increase in the fiscal year 2015- 2016 of 7.5%. India was listed the 19th largest merchandise in the year 2013 and with a large export of services which saw India in the 6th position worldwide. The country is not only in the top service export list but also in the import list it was ranked 7th importing merchandise of worthy of $616.7 billion in a total.
In fact, this increase in India’s economic growth has been due to an increased output and high performance of two industries that are the agriculture industry and manufacturing industries. These industries the largest India’s economic growth shareholders and their performance influence the country’s economic growth rate in every fiscal year (Maddison, 2013).
Moreover, India has been among the best known manufacturing industry in the world. This has in turn led the government to allow investors in the country to invest in the sector. The fast growing and large population has provided force labor to the upcoming industries (Maddison, 2013). A large percentage of India’s population is comprised of poor citizens who in turn provide cheap labor to the industries, hence low input which gives the companies large marginal profits.
In addition, the large Indian population has also been a target for the manufacturing industries whose final products are consumed locally in the country before they are exported to other countries. India’s large population has been in the service that also has contributed to the county’s economic growth (Maddison, 2013). The service sector offers services like the tourism, heath care; telecommunication and trade travel services between other many services. These statistics shows that India has been experiencing an increase in its economy.
Furthermore, India is one of the countries that are known to poses both a rich group of individuals and at the same time a large population in poverty. The number of poor in India is reducing significantly over the past four years. Though there are different methods to measure poverty a conclusion has been achieved that India has a large population living under the poverty line. India’s population has been increasing yearly at a rate of 1.8 million people (Krishna, 2006). This has led to their population reaching 1.28 billion people. According to a research curried out by the wo.
Human resource facilitates economic development. It refers to a country's population in terms of size, skills, education levels, and productivity. Countries should engage in manpower planning to develop their human resources. Proper utilization of human resources leads to increased production, development of skills, and improved quality of life. Models like the Coale-Hoover model indicate that economic growth depends on growth in labor force and amount of capital available per laborer. Countries with higher per capita GDP and literacy rates tend to be more productive. India and China are expected to have the largest working-age populations and together produce 40% of the world's graduates by 2020, positioning them to be the top two economies based on GDP by 2050.
India has experienced rapid population growth and currently has a large, young population. It entered the second stage of demographic transition in the early 20th century, resulting in high birth rates and declining death rates. Currently, India's population is over 1.3 billion with a growth rate of around 1.1% annually and a population density of over 400 people per square kilometer. While India has made progress increasing food production and literacy rates, its population size has put pressure on resources and the economy, with many Indians still facing issues like poverty, unemployment and low standards of living.
Gen Y cannot be generalized as a homogeneous stratum across globe, as the influencing factors in each country and culture differs hugely. This report tries to bring the key differentiating factors of Indian Millennial
Gen Y cannot be generalized as a homogeneous stratum across globe, as the influencing factors in each country and culture differs hugely. This report tries to bring the key differentiating factors of Indian Millennial
This document outlines several key issues facing the Indian economy:
1) Low levels of national and per capita income, with over 60% of the population sharing only 1/3 of national income.
2) Tremendous population pressure from high birth rates and increasing population, which puts strain on economic growth.
3) Unemployment remains a major problem despite some job growth, as employment has not kept pace with the growing labor force.
India has a large and young population but faces a skills gap challenge. With 54% of India's 1.2 billion people under age 25, and a projected skilled manpower surplus of 47 million by 2020, the government has launched the Skill India initiative to train over 400 million people by 2022. However, India still struggles with inadequate school infrastructure, teacher shortages, high dropout rates, and a mismatch between the skills taught and those needed for available jobs. The Skill India program aims to promote entrepreneurship and certification in diverse sectors to help address unemployment currently affecting 40 million Indians. Possible initiatives include increased collaboration between educational institutions and companies on research, curriculum, faculty development and preferential hiring.
Women’s labour is a rich and valuable resource for a country as it can significantly boost growth prospects and improve socio-economic conditions as also ensure better outcomes for the next generation. Therefore, enhancing women participation in the labour force is a critical endeavour for driving overall social and sustainable development.
Despite positive growth and development parameters in the last 20-25 years, India has experienced a continuous decline in its female labour force participation rate (FLFPR). The total FLFPR declined sharply from 42.7% in 2004-05 to 31.2% in 2011-12 which further declined to 27.4% in 2015-2016. In 2013, International Labour Organization (ILO) ranked India’s FLFPR at 121 out of 130 countries, one of the lowest in the world. India also secured a poor rank in the Global Gender Gap Report 2017 by World Economic Forum, where it was ranked 108 out of 144 economies.
The largest drop in FLFPR took place in rural areas and was specifically prominent in the working age group of 20-44 years. This is a major factor that is responsible for pulling down the overall FLFPR. On the other hand, the urban FLFPR which has been historically lower than the rural FLFPR, has fluctuated.
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2014 industrial security in s.asia for all non-bjp supporter
1. 2014 – YEAR OF DESTINY?
INDUSTRIAL SECURITY
SCENARIOP IN SOUTH ASIA
By
Maj Gen (Dr) G D Bakshi, SM,VSM (retd)
2. 2014- YEAR OF DESTINY?
2014 is emerging as a critical year in the collective destiny of South Asia.
The US is going to withdraw from Afghanistan. No agreement for residual US military
presence as yet. Pakistan seems determined to reimpose the Taliban in Kabul & hang
Karzai- even as it had hanged Najibullah earlier. Reports of 20 New Mujahid battalions
being raised to help Taliban.
Once Taliban is reimposed in Kabul, Pakistan will have to divert thousands of out of Job
Talibani & other Jihadi cadres towards J&K and the rest of India. Pakistan prussurising USA
to force India to make concessions on J&K. Also India being pressurised not to arm ANA.
Situation in Bangladesh very volatile. Country heading for elections and turmoil. If Khalida
Zia comes to power it will mean great resurgence of Jamat and HUJI. Support to Indian
insurgent groups and Jihadi outfits like Let and IM will rise dramatically.
Maldives govt turning hostile & Islamic. 8 LeT cadres arrested. 3 were trained in Pak.
planning attacks in India via Maldives. Likely to hit coastal targets.
Situation in Nepal is cause for concern. Maoists lost elections – may revert to large scale
violence. No coherent govt in Kathmandu.
4. 2014- YEAR OF DESTINY?
In 2013 Pakistan intensified incidents on the LC to force India to dilute its anti-
infiltration grid. Ceasefire violations rose from just 44 in 2010 to over 120 till Oct.
SF cas increased from just 15 in 2012 to over 51 in 2013.
Infiltration attempts increased from just 247 in 2011 to 264 in 2012 and saw a
very sharp spurt in 2013.
Very high probability of sharp rise in Jihadi violence not only in J&K but the
whole of India next year. LeT and IM will spearhead Jihadi assault in 2014.
LeT likely to launch explosive and small arms vector attacks on high profile
targets. May target industrial infrastructure, Refineries and offshore pipeleines
and infrastructure.
Three Attack Profiles- LET, IM , LWE.
India due for a decisive elections. A hung Parliament could pose a very severe
danger for our polity that could invite attack. Don’t forget – Kargil war took place
when elections were due and we had caretaker govt
6. Threats
The Indian Mujahideen emerging as a significant threat. Despite arrests of top leaders like Yasin Bhatkal and
Akhtar Assadulla and over a 100 cadres- IM has become stronger. Group branched out to Afghanistan and Pakistan
and its cadres have been fighting alongside the Taliban in Afghanistan.
There are three groups of the IM.
Riyaz & Iqbal Bhatkal Group. After 2008 crackdown fled to Dubai and then to Pak. Riaz’s philandering a problem.
Group broke up and a splinter group went to fight along with Taliban in Afghanistan.
Mohd Sajid &Mirza Shahdab Beig Group.This group now in Af and tied up with ALQ and Taliban.
Amir Reza Khan & Shahnawaz(Unani Doctor Group) This is splinter faction still led by former IM Chief. The top
leadership is from Azamgarh. IED experts , link between SIMI- IM. Still enjoys patronage of ISI. Struck twice in Bihar.
IM has developed strong links with criminal gangs. Likely to be more attacks on ATMs and cash vans etc. Forging
strong links with ALQ and Taliban. Pattern of attacks may change once these groups become involved.
Let chief Hafiz Sayeed talking of Gazuwa- final war to conquer India. Openly talking of the breakup of India. Despite
Nawaz Shariefs talk of Peace with India has taken no action whatsoever against LET or Hafiz Sayid. In fact his
Brother Shahbaz Sharief has donated huge sums to LET. Is Nawaz in control of his Army- ISI? Is it his design to fake
peace overtures and let his Army provoke India. Hopes to internationalise the Kashmir issue.
LeT likely to launch explosive and small arms vector attacks on high profile targets. May target industrial
infrastructure, Refineries and offshore pipelines and infrastructure. IM likely to go for low strength IED attacks in
tandem.
Identity politics leading to a splintering of the polity and a weakening of the very idea of India. Vote bank politics
resulting in reduction of pressure and provision of sancturies to Jihadi Tanzeems in some states. Darbhanga in Bihar
emerging as major IM sanctuary and recruitment base.
7. In 1947, India’s population was 350 million. By 2001, had grown to 1.02 billion.
Demproj Computer Program Forecasts
Total Population in 2020 – 1331 Million (1.33 billion)
Population density/Square km – 405
Females per 1000 males – 950
Percentage population in working Age Group (15-65) – 66.3%
Median Age - 27 Years
Dependency Ratio: Child (0-14) and elders (65+) - 51%
Regional Growth Differentials - North and South India:
Population of North India will grow from 450 million in 2000 to 700 million in 2025.
Population of South India will grow from 220 million in the year 2000 to just 265 million in
2025 – making it 19% of overall Indian population (a decline from 22% now)
Population density in North India will rise from 319 per sq km in 2000 to 496/sq km in 2025
Population density in the southern states will rise from 345 per sq km in 2000 to 417 per
sq km in 2025.
Population in South India will begin to age by 2025.The median age would rise from 26
years in 2000 to 34 years in 2025. 9% of this would be over 65 years of age.
In contrast the North would have a much younger population with a median age of only 26
years and only 4%in the elderly age group of 65 and above
DEMOGRAPHIC DRIVERS
8. State-wise Population growth trends:
BIMARU States:– (BIHAR, MP, UP, Rajasthan, Chhatisgarh, Jharkhand, Uttaranchal).Would
account for a population growth of 250 million between the year 2000-2025 and account for 50% of
India’s overall population in 2025.Of this UP alone would account for 22% of the population share.
Southern States:– (Andhra Pradesh , Karnataka, Kerela, Tamil Nadu) .The population will grow
by some 45 million between 2000-2025 and reduce from 22% of the overall Indian population to
just 19% in 2025.
Maharashtra’s population would be 10% of the total
West Bengal’s and Gujrat’s population would be 5% each
Delhi NCR would have a population of 4% of the overall population
Security Implications of Regional Imbalances in Population Growth:
The decline in fertility rates in South India will account for a disproportionate rise in the
population of North India .This could lead to pressure for migration of the local labour from North
to South India. Given the already high population densities in South India and ethnic and linguistic
differences, it could lead to social tensions and conflicts.
The inordinately high population rise in UP (22% of India’s total population by 2025) could lead
to social tensions and conflicts between the castes as also a rise of Jihadi tanzeems/IM
The inordinate rise of population in the BIMARU states of North India could lead to a rise in
the levels of Maoists insurgency and violence. Maoists infiltration of trade unions could lead
to violent agitations and overall industrial violence levels will rise.
This could presage a rise in the levels of criminality and gang warfare in North india.
DEMOGRAPHIC DRIVERS
9. Demographic Youth Bulge: Age Structure of Population
Two views on youth dividend
In quantitative terms the adult population in the working age group (15-65 yrs) Is expected to rise
from 604 million in 2000 to 942 million in 2025.
This translates into an overall increase of some 338 million new job seekers into the job market in
India.
If the current employment short fall is factored in , we already short of some 145 million(604- 459
million) jobs. The aggregate number of jobs India really needs to generate is almost in the region of
483 million.
DEMOGRAPHIC DRIVERS
Year Percentage population in working age group (15-65)
Optimistic scenario Realistic Scenario
2000 59.8 % 59.8%
2005 62.0% 61.6%
2010 65.0% 63.6%
2015 65.0% 65.2%
2020 68.7% 66.3%
2025 68.3% 67.2%
10. DEMOGRAPHIC DIMENSIONS OFDEMOGRAPHIC DIMENSIONS OF
THREATTHREAT
1.02Bn
1.11 Bn
1.4 Bn
0
0.5
1
1.5
2
2001 2006 2026
Translates into
need to create
almost 483 million
jobs by 2026
62.9% in
working
age gp (15-
64 years)
68.4% in working age gp
IDEOLOGICAL SHADOW
RURAL – URBAN FAULT LINE?
11. By 2025, India will have to create 483 million new jobs in the country if rising unemployment is to be
checked and societal harmony maintained.
Implies the vital need to educate our population and skill our workforce. New workers will have to be
shifted largely to the industrial or manufacturing sector because the agricultural sector is incapable of
absorbing more .
Indian Planning Commission in its Vision Document envisions adding some 200 million new jobs
largely in the small scale and medium scale enterprises by 2020.
So far, India has produced the miracle of jobless growth.
Indian central budget set a target for skilling 9 million youth by 2013-14 in vocational skills. This
target has slipped badly and only some 14 lakh youth were skilled in the first 10 months of 2012 as
against a target of 85 lakhs.
Govt blundered by raising the overall costs of vocational skilling by bringing the National skills
development companies under the ambit of Service Tax( 12.36% plus educational cess of 3%).
Currently there are some 95 firms involved in training youth under the National Skills Development
Corporation (NSDC).
The Economic Times estimated that the total work force in India in 2013 was 431.24 million. Of this
some 125.65 million were not literate and some 102.38 million were below even primary level of
education. The number of graduates in the work force was just 28.01 million. Unfortunately, a large
number of our graduates are not employable.
A failure to skill our population and create minimum 200 million new jobs by 2020 could have
disastrous social consequences in terms of the rise of violent movements like the Maoists insurgency.
EMPLOYMENT GENERATION
12. Trade unions will be infiltrated by Maoist organisations – leading to violent agitations that could
entail fatal attacks on the management and destruction of property and arson.
The strikes in Maruti plant at Manesar in 2012 indicated the onset of this new and dangerous trend of
Industrial violence.
The FICCI and Pinkerton India Risk Survey for 2013 pointed out that Maruti Udyog Limited at
Manesar was plagued by labour unrest at its Manesar plant for over a year
This led to a production loss of 83,000 cars or some Rs2500 crores. The risk survey has put Industrial
unrest as the highest risk factor for Indian industry at 10.42%.
The next is Political & Governance instability factor at 10.03%, followed by Information and Cyber
security at 9.64%and corruption and bribery at 9.48%.
The traditional Fire hazard is ranked next at 8.45%and crime at 8.41%.
Terrorism and insurgency are ranked seventh at 8.33%.
This is followed by Business espionage (8.04%), Accidents (7.29%) , IP Theft(7.25%), Natural
Hazards(6.95%)and the survey places workplace violence and sexual harassment at the end at 5.72%.
Companies having HQs outside India however ,put terrorism and insurgency as second highest risk
and even Govt and PSU undertakings tended to rate terrorism as the highest risk factor.
in the 26/11 attack on Mumbai , the Taj Hotel not only suffered a loss of revenue and people but also
a sharp dip of nearly 17% in their share price of Rs 40.20.
Structural damage amounted to Rs 500 crores and also took its toll on the insurance industry.
Financial losses incurred due to Mumbai attack was over US 800 million $. Overseas investors took out
13.5 billion $ from Indian stocks immediately after the incident in 2008 causing the benchmark BSE
index to slip to 56%
INDUSTRIAL UNREST
13.
14. So far India has largely bucked the global trend towards urbanization.
Only 26%of Indian population was living in urban areas by 1991.
36% of India’s population would be living in urban areas by 2025 if the difference
in the growth rates of urban and rural population remains constant at 1.5%.
However if the rural urban growth differential rises to 2.0 % in the coming years
(which is likely), some 40% of the Indian population would be urban by 2025.
The global urban population has reached 50% and is likely to increase to 60%
by 2025.
However, if employment in small and medium scale enterprises increases in
India to cater for the youth bulge, it will translate into a major shift of the
population towards the small and medium towns, leading to a strain upon the
urban infrastructure.
Seasonal migration from the BIMARU states to the South is also likely to
increase due to the demographic imbalance in the two regions.
The massive growth of population in UP itself has disturbing consequences for
our internal security in terms of recruits for jihadi terrorism as also Maoist
violence.
URBANIZATION
15. In the 11th Plan Period (2007-2011) the Indian economy was growing robustly.
Today the global economy is going through what looks like a prolonged slowdown.
The domestic economy has also run up against internal constraints. Following the fiscal
expansion undertaken after the 2008 financial crisis, huge inflationary pressures have built
up.
Major investments proposed in energy and transport have slowed down. Changes in tax
treatment caused uncertainty amongst investors. This has caused a reduction in the rate of
investment.
The Indian economy slowed down to a rate of 6.5% in 2011-12 (the last year of the 11th
plan). It has now come down even lower to between 5 to 5.5 % in 2012-13 (the first year of the
12th Five year plan). In fact in the last quarter of 2012, India’s GDP fell to a decade low of 4.5%
in the Oct- Dec quarter.
The last three years have been particularly disastrous for the Indian economy. The
emphasis on prematurely turning India into a social welfare state by disbursement of huge
doles via leaky schemes like MGNREGA has created a huge fiscal defict and fanned inflation.
The Indian GDP growth rate has been halved, inflation rates have been doubled , the Rupee
has been devalued by20% and the Current Account deficit stands at a record level of 6.7% of
the GDP.
This is a disturbing downturn requiring urgent corrective action.
ECONOMIC DRIVERS
16. Strong Inclusive Growth: This is the Normative or ‘hoped’ for scenario wherein starting
from a 6.7 % GDP growth, the Indian Economy will be able to reach back to 9 % in the final
year of the 12th Plan (2012-2017).
Insufficient Action: As the name implies, it would mean that Plans are initiated but not
followed through vigorously. GDP growth rate would remain stuck between 6 to 6.5 %.
Policy Logjam: This is the feared end state to be avoided. A policy log jam, a failure to
undertake second generation reforms and manage the fiscal deficit, would lead to a decline in
the GDP growth rate to between 5-5.5%.
Economic sentiment in India has become fairly depressed.
The Cabinet Committee on Investments has not acted as fast as was hoped.
UPA may have made a serious misjudgement in its focus on entitlements and handouts
rather than job creation.
Schemes like MGNERGA have been criticized as being highly wasteful doles involving
huge expenditure that could have been more productively spent on creating
Infrastructure and jobs.
In a scheme costing around Rs 140,000 crores, the extent of leakage estimated at
almost 50%. This could amount to a loss of around US$ 14 Billion.
In 2011-12 capital inflows fell short of its financing needs by over 12 billion $. As a
result, India’s Foreign Exchange reserves fell by some 10 billion $ and the Rupee
depreciated steeply.
India’s massive imports of Oil and Gold must reduce / be moderated urgently.
ECONOMIC DRIVERS: PLANNING COMMISSION’S
ALTERNATIVE ECONOMIC FUTURES
17. A key driver that will ultimately shape the internal security scenario in India will be the quality
of governance. This unfortunately is in sharp decline.
The levels of corruption are rising exponentially. Delivery mechanisms are in sharp of decline.
Most of the problems now are deep and systemic and would need Constitutional Reforms to
reshape our polity. The type of politics that we are practicing today, in fact, has become the
primary problem.Reckless populism at the cost of the exchequer. Real challenge is short term
populism versus long term public good.
Traditional parties have lost the capacity to attract, nurture and promote leadership of quality.
Today the key problem is the absence of a visionary leadership with a clear sense of purpose
and direction in society.
Mr Subba Rao, The Governor of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI)stated, “The complexity (in
India) arises from the political economy. Political executives are much more tempted by short
term political payoffs rather than long term sustainability. The Indian growth story is not
inevitable. It will not materialize in the absence of vigorous and purposeful structural and
governance reforms”.
The fragmentation of the government due to coalition politics has crippled the government’s
ability to take long term and national interest driven decisions. in fact ,there is , today a glaring
lack of cogent and coherent set of policies.
The Electoral Funding System.
The First Past The Post System: You can get elected only on 10-15% of popular votes.
Encourages segmented mobilization and leads to unbrideled identity politics.
GOVERNANCE DRIVERS
30. LWE: EMERGING HYBRID THREAT
The most dangerous hybrid threat is CPI (Maoist)
From Dalams (squads) have graduated to PGLA Coys and
Pls. Have massed 1,000-5,000 cadres for a single operation
Could freeze East-West rail communications in a War
scenario
Some 15,000 armed cadres
Highly lethal expertise in IEDs. Have used 70-80kg of
explosives to destroy MPVs
Forging a strategic united front with jihadi tanzeems and
NE insurgents
PLA of Manipur running 6 camps in Orissa, Jharkhand etc.
31. LWE: EMERGING HYBRID THREAT
Pak ISI made bids to contact Maoist leadership through D-Company.
Reports of Maoist leadership being taken to Dubai. Asked for RDX and
sophisticated weapons. Said, “Had no need for funds”. Asked by ISI to
target infrastructure and industrial complexes.
Chinese Int has est contact with Maoists through PLA and Nepal Maoists
China has gifted a factory to manufacture AK-47 copies to Kachin
Independence Army (KIA) rebels in Myanmar to supply sophisticated wpns
to Maoists and NE insurgents
Need for us to study Seminal Document of Maoists ‘Strategy and Tactics of
Indian Revolution”
This is a Heartland and not Rimland Insurgency.
Indian Army understandably wants to keep out due to impact on
mobilization timings. However, the Police and CAPFs have failed dismally so
far