IndianHawk
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Not getting into debate man ! Simple correcting the stats.Present percentage is still lower than Bangladesh's. And these are the absolute basics. There is a lot more to do after that. We need to become a knowledge hub, which requires a revamp of our entire education system. Our R&D doesn't even match small countries like Israel and South Korea, forget major players like the U.S. and Japan. We need to have a thriving military industrial complex, that can develop state of the art weapons from scratch and produce them in large quantities for a competitive price. This is nowhere near the case. We need to put an end to caste identity itself, not simply end caste violence. That is not happening in the villages with all the khap panchayat nonsense. We have not shown any signs of taking advantage of our "demographic dividend" because not enough jobs are being created since we are still relying on service sector for growth rather than manufacturing, and skill development for the lower strata is abysmal. I don't even want to talk about water. We will soon be in dire straits (no pun intended).
GDP growth alone will not solve our problems, and without serious work towards these other issues, even that will fizzle away. This quarter's 5.7 % growth was just an indicator of the troubles to come in a few years time.