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Articles: Development | India today
- Mr. T.R.Sridhar Prasad. Uppalapati.
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Elaboration of some major problems :
1. Inflation : One of the major contributors to the present high rates of inflation is the rising international oil prices. Due to heavy population in India, there is a wide gap between demand and supply of oil. India fills this gap by importing nearly 70% of its requirements of oil. Decline in the Supply of food products and essential commodities too are responsible for the present crisis. The Manmohansingh government took monetary, fiscal and other administrative steps to reduce the inflation rate.
2. Terrorism : Terror strikes have become a day to day affair in India. Hyderabad, Ahmedabad, Bangalore, Varanasi, Imphal, Surat, New Delhi etc are the recent cities which faced the terror strikes. There has been criticism of the ruling government for its soft attitude towards terror. POTA, TADA and other laws could not help in containing terrorism. Many innocent people lost their lives in the recent bomb blasts in the above said cities. Due to the surprising attacks of this kind fear gripped the minds of citizens of India. Government's efforts to contain terrorism would hopefully yield results within a short span of time.
3. Energy Crisis : India has abundant coal and water resources but the demand far exceeds the supply of these resources. This has compelled India to sign civil nuclear agreement with the U.S.A. which will ensure nuclear energy supply to India. Due to technological factors India could not develop much the non-conventional energy resources like solar, wind, geo thermal, tidal etc.
4. Farmers Suicides : Credit, marketing, Irrigation, Electricity are the essential requirements for success in agriculture. Due to lack of proper credit facilities in the rural areas of India many farmers depend on money lenders, who charge very high rate sof interest rates, besides this the many farmers do not get adequate price for their produce. In addition to these problems many farmers face fertiliser shortage, other issues related to agriculture such as the failure of crops, personal problems etc. Such a great stress on un educated farmers is responsible for the recent spate of suicides in India. The government ha sto do a lot still, as already it has taken a major step of waiving the loans.
5. Regional imbalances and demands for separate states : There have been demands for separate states in India due to regional imbalances in the social and economic development. For instance, there has been demands for a separate Telangana, Vidharbha, Bodo land, Gorkha land. Already Chatishgarh, Uttaranchal, Jharkhand were created due to such demands from Madhya Pradesh, Uttar pradesh, Bihar states of India.
6. The menace of Child labour : Poverty, heavy population, un employment, parents attitude, lack of proper educational facilities, government's inaction etc are responsible for this growing menace in India. Child labour can be seen in all the three sectors of economic activity i.e.Primary, Secondary and Tertiary economic activities. Due to lack of co operation from the people, Corruption, poverty etc this problem could not be solved completely in India, though the government banned child labour besides serious attempts by some NGOs and voluntary organisations. Due to the increase in the services sector's participation, the demand for labour also increased.
7. Corruption : The Transparency International ranked India among the most corrupt. A railway construction engineer was caught by police along with his suitcase containing 7 lakh rupees at Chennai central recently when he was travelling in an A.C. compartment. In amn another incident an Income tax officer was caaught while accepting a bribe of Rs.1500/- from an LIC agent in Chennai. There are many such incidents which are not reported. Corrupt practices of various kinds are common in India. Very high population, selfish nature/greedy of some politicians, Babus(government officials) gap between denand and supply of resources and services etc havebeen contributing to the growth of thiis social evil.
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