A Billion Strong or Weak?
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Interesting article.
On May 11, 2002 India turned a billion-strong, or a billion-weak, if you wish. There are two ways of looking at the billionth Indian. If you go by the counting heads, it means one billion mouths to feed. But if you want solutions then you are at two billion hands. The birth of the billionth baby cannot, and should not, be taken in isolator are we promising this landmark baby? Are we ensuring a sound upbringing, adequate proper education, excellent health and a bright successful future? Or, are we predicting malnutrition, disease, no primary education, unemployment and polluted air?
In order that a child gets what is needed to groom it for a successful future, the economic condition of a family has a lot to contribute. An ideal family setting decreases domestic burdens and ensure quality time being provided by the parents. Education, a grey area where govern, are concerned, remains the single most important requirement for a meaningful future.
A sound mind in a sound body further emphasises the need for adequate nutrition and environment. The child needs to breathe fresh air. He needs a park and facilities for sport and] training. Above all, he needs clarity of thought unaffected by the pollution, the violence disappearing moral fabric that is all symptoms of an over-populous community.
Reduction in cultivable land is another worry. Add to it a depleting water table, sink in that whatever land area we have, has to be preserved, and utilised as best as can be, at; Water must be saved rapid depletion of the water table is a certainty since, recharge of 1 table takes almost twice the time that it takes to empty it.
There has been some success with staple foods of the north and the south. Wheat production up by over three times, and rice yield is up twofold. In addition to basic agriculture, we have ii yield in other food areas such as dairies, poultry, fisheries etc. Most of it has been possible multi-pronged strategies. But these cannot be the magic wands for future. Unfortunately, stand today, per person grain production is falling because of rising population.
That each year India adds an Australia to itself is a fact most well-read Indians know of. How come about? World population grows by about 250,000 per day and almost 19 percent is cont
by India.
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its scary i know, thanks for sharing with us.
19 likes and 1 comment and 4 hot content. Something fishy is going on but anyways great article. I am very worried for the poor country of India
Eh… I usually play out scenarios in my head of China and India secretly training hundreds of millions of men in their armies, and then combining forces.
Sure, technology and better funds would supply a lot of the world’s defense, but China is becoming the next Super Power, and fast…
Who knows? Maybe we’ll be seeing a more Chinese-Focused world soon, with India right up there with them.
But for now, I’m going to bask in the (fading) glory of the U.S.A-centric world.
Because we Americans do, intentionally or otherwise, believe the world is all about us. (And, for the sake of argument, it is.)
Intriguing article. Yes, India is rising.
Knew India was growing but did not know by 19% of the world’s new population daily.
for rich its strong for poor weak