Focus for the next 10 years

Now are the most important 10 years or the near future of our country - 2010-2020!

And if our country (India and its people with all their best intentions) focus on the following four points:

1) Strong Policy & Decision Making and Implementing by the Government.

2) Massive Extensive Education aiming at 100% literacy within these 10 years.

3) Infrastructure

4) External and internal security.

And you see dreams coming true from 2020 onwards!

Just see the following awesome sites in the order given:

http://www.freeworldacademy.com/globalleader/trends.htm

http://www.freeworldacademy.com/globalleader/india.htm

RESERVATIONS WILL CONSUME INDIA

Our vote bank hungry politicians can't think of anything beyond reservations as a tool to manipulate the minds of common voters. Instead of coming up with agenda to provide employment to the huge unemployed/underemployed youth workforce of the nations, they are simply trying to hide their inability by crying again and again for the same - the futile reservation system. Pity for this so called "Great" nation India that as time goes and governments change, its 'backward' population increases. The 'backward groups' increase in number!

Here are the promises made by LJP as part of its election manifesto:

· The symbol of integrity, Indian Army will have regiments on the basis of caste.

· Reservation for SC, ST, OBC and minorities in Judicial services.

· Reservation for SC and STs in Pvt Sector.

· 15% reservation for minorities, with 10% for Muslims only.

· Removal of 50% ceiling on reservation.

Promises made by INC:

· Reservations for SC, ST, OBC and minorities in PVT Sector.

· Coaching fees for all entrance exams for at least one lakh scheduled caste/scheduled tribe students every year will be paid by the Central Government.

The NCP promises to include the Marathas in the purview of reservation.

The same parties fade away when it comes to reservations to women in the constitutional bodies because it affects their own ‘living’. Why do they give so much insistence on the Muslim community while there are many religions in the minority? Because they form the major vote bank amongst the minorities. Other votes won’t affect as much as the Muslim votes. Does anyone talks about the Hindu minorities in Jammu & Kashmir and other states or the Christian/Buddhist minorities?

Reservation is a game where players want to lose. Where else in the world would you see a game where the captains and the players want so desperately to lose? The SC says : “Nowhere in the world do castes queue up to be branded as backward. Nowhere in the world is there a competition to become backward”.

Reservation must from this instant onwards decrease exponentially orelse we would be quite near to producing an inefficient, ineffective, caste-based, meritless, unskilled, unprofessional system to run the nation. The nation will peril...

A Comprehensible Comparison between India, China and the US

1. India has the second largest population, 28% less than China’s population, but three and half times the population of US, the third largest.

2. India has three out of the 17 most populated cities in the world, each with the population in excess of one crore. US, Japan, China, Brazil and Argentina has two such cities each.

3.None of the Indian cities have a quality of life index higher than New York, the 12th city in the world in terms of quality of life.

4.China is the highest user of modern contraceptives, India is not in the list of 16 top users.

5.India has the 17th largest refugee population. Pakistan ranks 2nd, US 5th and China 9th. Number of Refugees in US is 2.6 times the number of Refugees in India.

6.U.K, USA and Germany lead in terms of asylum applications received from other nationalities. Among the nationalities seeking asylum in Industrialised countries, China ranks 4th and India 7th.

7.India is the 11th largest economy in terms of nominal GDP with the US, Japan, Germany, U.K. France and China ranked 1st to 6th. In terms of GDP based on Purchasing Power Parity (PPP), India is the 4th largest after US, China and Japan. US nominal GDP is 20 times that of India.

8.US PPP - GDP is 4 times that of India. In terms of per capita GDP, US ranks 3rd/4th, but neither China nor India appear in the list of top 70 countries in terms of GDP per head, while countries like Poland, Chile, Croatia, Malta, Mauritius, Argentina, Taiwan do.

9.In terms of quality of life (as measured by Human Development Index), India and China do not appear in the list of top 60. US ranks 8th and United Kingdom 15th.

10. India and China do not appear in the list of top 40 countries in terms of economic freedom index and in terms of gender-related developlment index. US ranks 10th and 15th in terms of these two indices.

11. In terms of average annual economic growth rates, China ranked 1st during 1982-92 and 3rd during 1992-2002, India’s rank being 22nd and 16th respectively.

12. In the list of largest exporters, US tops the list (13.59% of world exports) while China (4.13%) ranks 7th and India (0.88%) ranks 29th.

14. India ranks 9th in terms of foreign debt, China 2nd.

15. US is the largest donor of foreign aid, while China and India are the 5th and 6th largest recipients of foreign aid.

16. Value of Industrial output in India is the 12th largest (and China 3rd largest). US value of Industrial output is 17.5 times that of India and more than 3 times that of China.

17. US has the largest service sector output. China ranks 8th and India 15th. US service sector output is more than 25 times that of India and 14 times that of China.

Production
18. India is the third largest producer of cereals after China and US.
19. Meat – India is 6th, China 1st, US 2nd.
20. Fruit – China 1st then India, US.
21. Vegetables - China 1st, then India and US
22. Wheat - China, India, Russia, US.
23. Rice - China, India
24. Sugar – Brazil, India, China, US
25. Coarse grains - US, China
26. Tea - India, China
27. Coffee - India is 5th
28. Copper - US 3rd, China 8th
29. Lead – China 2nd, Us 4rd.
30. Zinc – China 1st, Us 5th
31. Aluminium - China 1st, US 4th, India 9th
32. Gold – US 2nd, China 4th
33. Rubber – US 2nd, China 4th, India 8th
34. Cotton – China 1st, US 2nd, India 3rd
35. Oilseeds - US 1st, India 5th
36. Petroleum Oil - US 2nd, China 5th, India not in top 15
37. Natural Gas – US 2nd , China & India not in top 15
38. Coal – China 1st, US 2nd, India 4th
39. Energy Production – US 1st, China 2nd, India 5th ,
Energy Consumption : US 1st, China 2nd, India 4th
US consumes 4 times energy that India consumes.
40. Percentage of population in labour force –
1st China (57.8%), 25th USA (49%), India is not in the list of top 40
41.Global competitiveness –
US (1), China 22nd, India 30th
42.Business Environment : 2004 – 2008
US (4), China (38), India (40)
43.Innovation Index
US (1) - China and India does not occur in the list of top 44.
44.Information and Communication Technology Index –
US (5), India & China does not occur in the list of top 44.
45.Business Software Piracy –
Vietnam 1, China 2, Pakistan 6, India 15th.
46.Most corrupt - Bangladesh (1), Pakistan (39)
Least corrupt - US 19th, India and China not among least
47.Largest Business Corporations –
Top 3 in USA, 18 US in top 44, China and India not in top
48.Largest Banks : Top 2 in US, 9 US in top 45, China 25th & 37th - India does not occur in the list.
49.Largest Road Network - 1st US, 2nd India (half of US), China 4th
50. Highest car ownership - US 12th, UK 23rd, India & China does not figure in top 50. 51.Air travel (pass. Km. p.a.) - US (1st), China (4th), India 23rd, < 2% of US.
52. Longest Rail Network : US 1st, India 3rd, China 5th , US 4 times longer than India

53.Most Rail Freight : US (1st), China 3rd, India 4th,
US = 7 times Indian (tons – km. p.a.)
54.Largest Merchant Shipping Fleet : US 3rd, China 5th, India 22nd
55.Tourist Arrivals : US 3rd, China 5th, India not in top 40.
56.Biggest Tourist Spenders : US (1st), China (9th), India not in top 20.
57.Least Literate : India among the 20 at the bottom.
58.Life Expectancy : US 37th (77.1 years), China and India not in the Top 50.
59.Hospital beds : US 47th, China 51st, India not inop 38.
60.Colour TV Ownership (per “000) : US 2nd, China and India not in top 50.
61.Telephone Lines : US 11th, China, India not in top 44
62.CD Player : US 16th, China, India not in top 29
63.Computer : US 2nd, China & India not in top 37.
64.Book Sales : US (1), China (6), India (13), US value nearly 40 times of India’s or 10 times of China’s.
65. Daily newspapers (copies/ 000) :US 15th, China and India not in top 30
66. Music Sales ($m) :US 1st, China 19th, India not in top 22.
67. Internet : US 1st, China & India not in top 23.
68. Nobel Peace Prize (nos.) : US tops, China & India not in top 13.
69. Economics Nobel1st, China and India not in top 4 with two or more prizes
70. Literature : US 2nd, China and India not in top 10
71. Physics : US 1st, China and India not in top 14.
72. Olympic Medal winners ( 1896 – 2000) : US 1st, China 12th, India not in top 20.
73. Armed Forces : 1st China, 2nd US, 3rd India
74. China among the lowest Environment sustainability Index.
75.Most water polluting centers : China 1st, US 2nd, India 3rd
76.Largest Forest Area : US 4th, China 5th, India 11th.,
77.Largest Forest harvest (c.m.m) : US 1st, India 2nd and China 3rd.
78.Number of under threat : China 1st, India 6th, US 10th

Largest Consumers :
79. Wheat : China (1), India (2), US10th
80. Rice : China (1), India (2), US 10th
81. Sugar : India (1), China (3), US (4)
82. Coarse Grains : US(1), China (2), India (5)
83. Tea : India (1), China (2), US (8)
84. Coffee : US (1), China and India not in top 10
85. Copper : China (1), US (2), India not in top 10
86. Lead : US (1), China (2), India not in top 10
87. Zinc : China (1), US (2), India (8)
88. Aluminium : China (1), US(4), India (9)
89. Rubber : China (1), US (2), India (4)
90. Cotton : China (1), India (2), US (4)
91. Oil : US (1), China (2), India (7)
92. Natural Gas : US (1), China and India not in top 10
93. Coal : China (1), US (2), India (3)
94. Energy : US (1), China (2), India (4)

Source(s):

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_GDP_(PPP)_per_capita
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_GDP_(PPP)

A summary...

Till when we Indians will hide the defects in our own home from the rest of the world??!! During these tense situations between India and Pakistan, I just thought of getting some knowledge or reviewing the military power of India & Pakistan. I went to at least a 100 sites and blogs. The Indians seemed very enthusiastic for a war! The Pakistani bloggers however seemed a bit cautious. However, many of them didn’t get to understand the consequences of a war between two nuclear states. Both will destroy each other back to the Stone Age. And our key rival countries (you must know whom I am referring here) will enjoy watching the drama. They won’t lose any opportunity to cut our roots in the international community and help us going back to the stone age. The Pakistani and other foreign authors didn’t stop from criticising India’s aspirations of being a World Superpower!! Its true...Just by military or population or size, a nation cannot reach the heights of superiority the world may look on to. We need to build a solid foundation for our own society/nation first.

A poverty stricken country is as vulnerable as a rich terrorism hit country. A land where child doesn’t get education but has to work in factory is as guilty of crime as is terrorism. Once we build a rock solid foundation of our country, nobody can dare to confront us. Corruption is the basic reason for us still being called as a third world country. If you don’t believe, just surf the internet...but those sites which don’t over praise India trying to appease us!!