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Corruption eating national spending The government has made budgets worth Rs.200 lakh crore in the past. This is a huge sum of money. But can we see anything ? Only 10%-15% of the money spent on the nation reaches the people, the rest is engulfed by corruption. Then why is the UPA government not doing anything against it ?
With 65 percent of the population below the age of 35, India boasts of an unparalleled generational dividend, but are we turning this potential into a disaster? Avalok Langer spots a ticking time bomb
Nutrition & Health*
40% of children in India are malnourished
43% of children in the age group of 12-23 months receive full immunisation
48%+ of children are underweight
50%+ of all deaths under age 5 are related to malnutrition
45% of children are stunted
70% of children under 5 are Anaemic
30% of adults have chronic nutrition deficiency
55% of women are anaemic
*Source: The Cry Foundation
Education*
96% Gross Enrollment Ratio (GER) in primary education with 27 million children entering primary education
2:1 Ratio of primary schools to senior primary schools
40% The dropout rate by class VIII
80% The dropout Rate by class XII
15% The ger in college
50% of children in rural India will go to private schools, i.e. pay for education by 2020
The no. 1 reason for female dropouts is lack of separate toilets
75% The proportion of all children enrolled in class V who could not do simple divisions
*Source: Aser
Employment
Rs 19,00,000 The cost of creating a single job in the manufacturing sector
10% of Indians (Ages 15-29) have received vocational training
India’s formal sector comprises of only 30 Million jobs, which is only 7% of the total labour force of 430 Million
In 20 years, India will add 480 Million people to the labour market
20 Million the number of jobs India needs to create annually