Analysts predict that Indian economy will overtake US by 2050. Debates are on, with lot of pessimism and optimism in the air. It is definitely a good news that Indian economy is doing so well. But i wonder how much are we ready to take this daunting challenge.
Indian population is one sixth of the world's population. Close to 30% of the population is living below the poverty line. Thats more than 300 million people, almost the population of US.
The benefits of these economic rise is reaching only the few urban areas. Whereas the majority of the Indian population is in the villages. There are villages, where even the basic necessities like drinking water, electricity is not there. People walk 10-20 km and fetch water for their daily use.
There have been incidences when people out of sheer necessity come out of these villages for some livelihood. And some coldblooded people suck their blood out by paying them peanuts. There have been incidences when these labours are tied and kept in captivity.
We are currently concentrating only on one side of the coin, thats glorious future which the industrialists and politicians are showing. If we really want India to be a developed country and one of the super powers, I guess we need to do more than just geting more FDIs....
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