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Articles: Development | India today
- Mr. T.R.Sridhar Prasad. Uppalapati.
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Though some of the educated women have been getting employment and leading a better quality of life for the past 10 to 15 years, many women are still exploited for sex at work place or any other exploitation at work and also at home. Some women face sexual harassment at work place and the dowry harassment at home. In the recent past, there were incidents of rape and murder of women BPO (Business Process Outsourcing) night shift employees at Bangalore(Karnataka state of India).
Gujarat state continues to be the favourite destination for the investors, it ranks 1st in attracting investments with an investment of $176.8 billion in 86 projects for 23% of total investment in India. For the last 5 years the Gujarat's economy has been growing at an average rate of more than 10% which is more than the nation's growth rate.
Kerala is adjudjed as the best state among the southern states for its governance, educational and other social infrastructure.
According to the Chief election commissioner of India, 18.18% M.P.s (Members of Parliament)in the present Loksabha have criminal cases pending against them! Similarly 49% of MLA's in Bihar, 38.30% MLAs of Uttar Pradesh assembly, 32.91% of Tamil nadu assembly, 30.86% of MLAs of Jharkhand assembly, 15.31% of West bengal's state assembly have criminal background. He worried about the influences of 1.Money power, 2.Muscle power, 3.Manipulation, 4.Stuffing electoral rolls, 5.Bogus voting, 6.Booth capturing, 7.Intimadation, 8.Pre poll and poll day violence. during elections in India.
In less than 4 weeks time millions living in what is sometimes described as the most dangerous place on earth (KASHMIR) will make their way to polling stations.
Many Indians still suffer from hunger and malnutrition/under nutrition. According to the latest survey by IFPRI, Madhya Pradesh tops the list followed by Bihar and other north eastern states. According to this report the condition of people who are getting less than a dollar is still worse. These facts were revealed by IFPRI, the international food policy research institute.
Farmers suicides in several states due to various kinds of problems related to their economic activity, debts, failure of crops, poverty, family problems.
Some major setbacks :
Atrocities on S.C.s and S.T.s; Bureaucratic corruption; Communal violence as reported recently in Orissa and Karnataka; and earlier in Gujarat; Disparities of several types and depreciation of rupee against the U.S.$; Energy crisis; Fertiliser shortage; Hunger, malnutrition and under nytrition; Inflation; Jammu and kashmir problem; Lower production and productivity levels in the primary and secondary sectors; Maternal and infant mortality rates are high in India; National integration issues; Obsoelete technology usage in primary and secondary sectors; Poverty(26%); Regional inmbalances; Social and Economic infrastructure at lower levels; Terrorism; Unemployment(7.1%); Very high rates of crime; Women problems; Youth problems etc.
Thus in India all problems do exist from A to Z as illustrated above.
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