10-22-2004, 12:08 AM
<b>Murthy laments Indian leadership</b><!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Accusing the political and bureaucratic leadership of failing in their duty to develop the country, IT major Infosys Chairman and Mentor N R Narayanamurthy today lamented that the quality of people was sliding down further and further.
''They have failed to raise the aspirations of the people and the interest of the community ahead of their own interest,'' he said while delivering the Conference Chairman's
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<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Referring to agricultural productivity, he informed that 65 per cent of the people in rural areas produce 220 million tonnes of food grains. ''The real solution to reduce poverty is to wean away people from the agricultural sector to manufacturing and services sector,'' he said, adding that this would result in greater agricultural productivity.
Narayanamurthy said it would be a misnomer to say that India had emerged as an IT superpower. The Country's IT turnover was a mere 13 billion dollars compared to the world trade of 300 to 400 billion dollars. ''We hardly contribute four or five per cent,'' he added. Referring to exports, he said India should emulate the example of countries such as China, South East Asia, Mexico and Brazil and encourage exports. The exports should jump from the current 11 per cent of the GDP to 35 per cent and this meant ''we have to jump from 70 billion dollars of exports to 250 billion dollars.
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''They have failed to raise the aspirations of the people and the interest of the community ahead of their own interest,'' he said while delivering the Conference Chairman's
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<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Referring to agricultural productivity, he informed that 65 per cent of the people in rural areas produce 220 million tonnes of food grains. ''The real solution to reduce poverty is to wean away people from the agricultural sector to manufacturing and services sector,'' he said, adding that this would result in greater agricultural productivity.
Narayanamurthy said it would be a misnomer to say that India had emerged as an IT superpower. The Country's IT turnover was a mere 13 billion dollars compared to the world trade of 300 to 400 billion dollars. ''We hardly contribute four or five per cent,'' he added. Referring to exports, he said India should emulate the example of countries such as China, South East Asia, Mexico and Brazil and encourage exports. The exports should jump from the current 11 per cent of the GDP to 35 per cent and this meant ''we have to jump from 70 billion dollars of exports to 250 billion dollars.
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