01-14-2007, 09:13 PM
âSix mega-trends that define India's futureâ-
Virenji-On this I would like to comment as follows:--
Despite these very positive signs, it is a fact that more than 20 percent of our population lives below the poverty line, the infant mortality rate is amongst the highest in the world, and there is acute lack of nutrition particularly in the case of women and children, there is absolutely no medical care for the poor both in the urban areas and in the rural areas, the all India level of literacy is still at 65%.
Indiaâs real future lies on how much and within what time frame we can achieve in the sectors indicated above. We have to make judicious use of our outstanding success in the numerous other fields to ensure a speedy remedy to the various core problems indicated above that faces our nation.
Virenji-On this I would like to comment as follows:--
Despite these very positive signs, it is a fact that more than 20 percent of our population lives below the poverty line, the infant mortality rate is amongst the highest in the world, and there is acute lack of nutrition particularly in the case of women and children, there is absolutely no medical care for the poor both in the urban areas and in the rural areas, the all India level of literacy is still at 65%.
Indiaâs real future lies on how much and within what time frame we can achieve in the sectors indicated above. We have to make judicious use of our outstanding success in the numerous other fields to ensure a speedy remedy to the various core problems indicated above that faces our nation.