Social Issues
Girl’s School Reshapes Rural India
Krishna Chaudhry, 16 year old girl is inspiring her classmates to seek independence through education in rural Uttar Pradesh. She has been an inspiration for her classmates by challenging them to refuel This is reported in Voice of America article titled “Girl’s School in Uttar Pradesh Reshapes Rural India”.
Teach for India – NGO with a Mission
Hillary Clinton, Secretary of State for US currently visiting India joined with Aamir Khan in a conference on Education at St. Xavier’s college at Mumbai. They found a common ground in challenging bright youth to take care of millions of Indian citizens that falling behind.
Budget 2009-10 Youth and Rural Friendly
Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee said the government would make it a priority to reach 9% gross domestic product growth in the medium term and would seek to spend 9% of GDP on infrastructure development by 2014. Budget release was heavy on spending for farmers and the poor, a core constituency of the Congress party-led ruling coalition, funded by a surge in borrowing and an increase in the fiscal deficit to 6.8 percent of GDP.
Attracting Youngsters in Agriculture Sector
More than 70% of India’s population depend on agriculture. With the advent of YRI generation now, more farmers in next couple of decades will be young. Swaminathan, who is the chairman of National Commission on Agriculture says that a small-farm management revolution will not be possible in the country without attracting the new generation into the farming sector and promoting the farmers of 21st century.
Bright Prospects in Rural India
Because of buying power of the rural India, the Economy in the fourth quarter of the fiscal year (January-March 2009), the economy grew 5.8% against expectations of less than 5%. Is rural India’s growth a short term anomaly or a secular trend that is going to aid India’s long term growth? Knowledge @ Wharton article says that it could be a long term trend.
