1. India…Unity in Diversity(growth and stabilization) by Green Yatra Follow us on www.facebook.com/greenyatra www.twitter.com/greenyatra
2. Follow us on www.facebook.com/greenyatra www.twitter.com/greenyatra There is Two Face of India One is Bharat which is existing at his Place and one is India, the Shining India. Ashok Ashok K
3. BHARAT The saffron stands for courage, sacrifice and the spirit of renunciation. The white, is meant for purity and truth. The green is for faith and fertility. The navy blue wheel denotes the continuity of the nation's progress which is deemed to be as boundless as the blue sky and as fathomless as the deep blue sea. Follow us on www.facebook.com/greenyatra www.twitter.com/greenyatra Ashok Ashok K
4. 5,000 year old civilization 325 languages spoken – 1,652 dialects 18 official languages 29 states, 5 union territories 3.28 million sq. kilometers - Area 7,516 kilometers - Coastline 1,000,000,000 people in 2000 Follow us on www.facebook.com/greenyatra www.twitter.com/greenyatra Ashok Ashok K
5. Parliamentary form of Government Secular democratic constitution Worlds largest democracy since 55 years 4th largest economy Fastest growing IT super power Indian Railways ,the biggest employer in the world. Follow us on www.facebook.com/greenyatra www.twitter.com/greenyatra Ashok K
6. AUM or OM The first sound of the Almighty Oneness with the supreme Follow us on www.facebook.com/greenyatra www.twitter.com/greenyatra
7. The Trinity Generates-Brahma Observes-Vishnu Destroys-Shiva Follow us on www.facebook.com/greenyatra www.twitter.com/greenyatra Brahma-Vishnu-Shiva
8. The Great Indian Epics Ramayana Mahabharata Longest Epic in world literature with 100,000 two-line stanzas The first Indian epic
9. Indus Valley Civilization- one of the world’s first great urban civilizations. Harappa Civilization- 2700BC Follow us on www.facebook.com/greenyatra www.twitter.com/greenyatra Ashok K
10. World’s first university in Takshila –700 B.C Ayurveda- earliest school of medicine known to humans Sanskrit Language –most suitable for computer software Follow us on www.facebook.com/greenyatra www.twitter.com/greenyatra Ashok K
11. Yoga-Made in India Origin –5000 BC Documented by Follow us on www.facebook.com/greenyatra www.twitter.com/greenyatra 200 BC – 300 AD Ashok Ashok K
12. Origin of Martial arts – 200 BC Kalarippayat Follow us on www.facebook.com/greenyatra www.twitter.com/greenyatra Ashok K
13. Famous Personalities from India Aryabhatta Invented the Zero Follow us on www.facebook.com/greenyatra www.twitter.com/greenyatra Ashok K
14. Mahatma Gandhi Father of the nation Embodiment of Non- Violence Follow us on www.facebook.com/greenyatra www.twitter.com/greenyatra Ashok K
15. Swami Vivekananda Champion of humanitarianism Follow us on www.facebook.com/greenyatra www.twitter.com/greenyatra Ashok K
16. Ramanujam Great Indian Mathematician Postulated and proved 3,542 theorems Follow us on www.facebook.com/greenyatra www.twitter.com/greenyatra Ashok K
17. Rabindranath Tagore 1913 – Nobel Prize in Literature Follow us on www.facebook.com/greenyatra www.twitter.com/greenyatra Ashok K
18. C.V Raman 1930 - Nobel Laureate in Physics Work on scattering of light and Raman effect Follow us on www.facebook.com/greenyatra www.twitter.com/greenyatra Ashok K
19. Mother Teresa Follow us on www.facebook.com/greenyatra www.twitter.com/greenyatra 1979 – Nobel Prize in Peace Ashok K
20. Har Gobind Khorana 1968 - Nobel Laureate in Medicine Work on interpretation of the genetic code Follow us on www.facebook.com/greenyatra www.twitter.com/greenyatra Ashok K
21. Subramanyan Chandrasekhar 1983 - Nobel Laureate in Physics Work on structure and evolution of stars Follow us on www.facebook.com/greenyatra www.twitter.com/greenyatra Ashok K
22. More than 15 vocal forms More than 60 music instruments Follow us on www.facebook.com/greenyatra www.twitter.com/greenyatra Ashok K
23. India - God’s own country Celebrates more than 65 festivals Follow us on www.facebook.com/greenyatra www.twitter.com/greenyatra Ashok K
24. Worlds Attraction Tirumala - Tirupati World’s richest temple Follow us on www.facebook.com/greenyatra www.twitter.com/greenyatra Ashok K
25. Saint Thomas Cathedral Statue of Virgin Mary brought from Portugal in 1543 Follow us on www.facebook.com/greenyatra www.twitter.com/greenyatra Ashok K
26. The Golden Temple Follow us on www.facebook.com/greenyatra www.twitter.com/greenyatra
27. Jamma Masjid The biggest mosque in India Follow us on www.facebook.com/greenyatra www.twitter.com/greenyatra Ashok K
28. Thousand pillar temple Follow us on www.facebook.com/greenyatra www.twitter.com/greenyatra Ashok K
29. Gateway of India Follow us on www.facebook.com/greenyatra www.twitter.com/greenyatra Ashok K
30. Jantar Mantar – 1716 Modernistic structures to observe the movement of stars Follow us on www.facebook.com/greenyatra www.twitter.com/greenyatra
31. Mysore Palace Illuminated by 97,000 light bulbs Follow us on www.facebook.com/greenyatra www.twitter.com/greenyatra Ashok K
32. Buddha Statue Largest monolithic statue in Asia Follow us on www.facebook.com/greenyatra www.twitter.com/greenyatra
33. Dal Lake Jewel in the crown of Kashmir Follow us on www.facebook.com/greenyatra www.twitter.com/greenyatra Ashok K
34. The Taj Mahal Follow us on www.facebook.com/greenyatra www.twitter.com/greenyatra Ashok K
35. Calcutta – City of joy Follow us on www.facebook.com/greenyatra www.twitter.com/greenyatra Ashok K
36. Cherrapunji Wettest place on earth Follow us on www.facebook.com/greenyatra www.twitter.com/greenyatra Ashok K
37. India is,the cradle of the human race,the birthplace of human speech, the mother of history,the grandmother of legend, and the great grand mother of tradition.Our most valuable and most instructive materials in the history of man are treasured up in India only. -Mark Twain We owe a lot to the Indians, who taught us how to count, without which no worthwhile scientific discovery could have been made. -Albert Einstein Follow us on www.facebook.com/greenyatra www.twitter.com/greenyatra Ashok K
38. An Overview of Indian Parliament It has a little over 500 employees with the following statistics : Follow us on www.facebook.com/greenyatra www.twitter.com/greenyatra
39. 29 have been accused of spouse abuse. 7 have been arrested for fraud. 19 have more than three criminal cases pending against them . 117 have been charged and are being investigated for Murder, Rape, Assault, Extortion and Robbery. Follow us on www.facebook.com/greenyatra www.twitter.com/greenyatra
40. 71 cannot get credit or loans due to bad credit histories. 21 are current defendants on various lawsuits.. 84 have been involved in offenses and have paid fines. Can you guess what mighty Organization this is? Follow us on www.facebook.com/greenyatra www.twitter.com/greenyatra
41. It is the 545 members of the Lower House of Parliament of India that works for you and me. The same group cranks out hundreds upon hundred of Laws design to keep the rest of us in line…... Can we do something about it ? Follow us on www.facebook.com/greenyatra www.twitter.com/greenyatra
42. INDIA THE SHINING INDIA Follow us on www.facebook.com/greenyatra www.twitter.com/greenyatra
43. 28 years of high growth Average annual GDP growth (%) 10 8 8.9 6 4 6.0 2 3.5 0 1900-1950 1950-1980 1980-2002 2002-2007 1.0 Follow us on www.facebook.com/greenyatra www.twitter.com/greenyatra
44. Population growth is slowing (%) 2.5 2.0 2.2 2.1 1.5 1.8 1.5 1.0 1.0 0.5 0 1901-1950 1951-1980 1981-1990 1991-2000 2001-2010 Follow us on www.facebook.com/greenyatra www.twitter.com/greenyatra Sources: 1900-1990: Angus Maddison (1995), Monitoring the World Economy, 1990-2000:Census of India (2001)
45. Literacy is rising (%) 100 80 80 60 65 40 52 20 0 1950 1990 2000 2010 (proj) 17 Follow us on www.facebook.com/greenyatra www.twitter.com/greenyatra Source: Census of India (2001)
46. When middle class is 50% then the politics will also change (m) 0 32% 400 22% 8% 300 368 200 100 220 1980 2000 2010 65 Follow us on www.facebook.com/greenyatra www.twitter.com/greenyatra Source: The Consuming Class, National Council of Applied Economic Research, 2002
47. Poverty is declining (%) 50 40 1% of the people have been crossing poverty line each year for 25 years Equals ~ 200m 30 46 20 10 26 0 1980 2000 2010 16 Follow us on www.facebook.com/greenyatra www.twitter.com/greenyatra
48. 1,178 1980 2005 3,051 Per capita income gains US$ ppp Follow us on www.facebook.com/greenyatra www.twitter.com/greenyatra Source: World Bank
49. India is now the 4th largest economy It will overtake Japan between 2012 and 2014 to become the 3rd largest Follow us on www.facebook.com/greenyatra www.twitter.com/greenyatra
50. The India model is unique Drivers of growth India Domestic Services Consumption High tech, capital intensive industry East and S.E. Asia Exports Manufacturing Investment Low tech, labour intensive industry Follow us on www.facebook.com/greenyatra www.twitter.com/greenyatra
51. Rise of globally competitive Indian companies Follow us on www.facebook.com/greenyatra www.twitter.com/greenyatra
52. India has a vibrant private space 100 Indian Companies have market cap of US$ 1bn 1,000 Indian Companies have received foreign institutional investment 125 Fortune 500 companies have R&D bases in India 390 Fortune 500 companies have outsourced software development to India 2% bad loans in Indian banks (v~20% in China) 80% credit goes to private sector (v~10% in China) Follow us on www.facebook.com/greenyatra www.twitter.com/greenyatra
53. The economy grows at night when the government is asleep Follow us on www.facebook.com/greenyatra www.twitter.com/greenyatra
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56. “By 2010 India will have world’s largest number of English speakers”“When 300 million Indians speak a word in a certain way, that will be the way to speak it.” Professor David CrystalCambridge Encyclopedia of the English Language Follow us on www.facebook.com/greenyatra www.twitter.com/greenyatra
61. Recovery has been ahead of the world Follow us on www.facebook.com/greenyatra www.twitter.com/greenyatra
62. Where are we going? Base case post recovery is 7.5 % – 8.5 % GDP growth Democracy will not permit more than 8% unless you have a Thatcher 1.5% population growth Demographic dividend – growth will continue beyond China’s Follow us on www.facebook.com/greenyatra www.twitter.com/greenyatra
63. Role of Religion 1% 2% 12% 85% Hindu Muslim Sikh Christian India’s pluralism, diversity and tolerance Hinduism Spiritual entrepreneurialism: Gurus No hierarchy: Every Brahmin thinks he is the Pope 300 million gods: Lack of theological narcissism Nasadiya Temper Follow us on www.facebook.com/greenyatra www.twitter.com/greenyatra
64. India will gradually turn middle-class West of theKanpur-Chennai line East of theKanpur-Chennai line 50% 50% Kanpur- 32% 22% 1980 2000 2010 2020 2040 Chennai 8% Follow us on www.facebook.com/greenyatra www.twitter.com/greenyatra
69. India is more likely to preserve its way of life Follow us on www.facebook.com/greenyatra www.twitter.com/greenyatra
70. About Green Yatra Green Yatra is a non-profit; Non-Government Organization dedicated to the protection and conservation of our Mother Earth and its Environment. We strive to maintain the integrity of the ecosystems for the benefit of all living creatures by introducing and adopting a simple, Eco friendly, Green Lifestyle, Ideas to our day to day lives. Green Yatra was started and run by a bunch folk who share a strong love and passion for protecting and respecting our only source of life Mother Nature and who think a lot and believe to do same as much as they can .First and foremost, We believe in ACTION.. Sitting idle, complaining and blaming the system, societies or commenting on internet forums are THINGS WE DON'T DO. We believe in working logically, strategically and practically, with Prevention and Solution oriented approaches to our goal of nature conservation. The impact of Go Green Ganesha is a token of our dedication and effort. So, we are working hard in bringing out the VALUE of our nature, hoping for your complete support! Our sole objective is to pass on a habitable green and pollution-free beautiful earth to the upcoming generations. Contact us @: info09@greenyatra.orgJoin us face to face us in facebook: http://www.facebook.com/greenyatra Be with us in twitter: https://twitter.com/Greenyatra
