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Modi govt didn't respond to the students' immediate demands because its ego took precedence. The attitude was, ‘We have seen off such movements. We'll handle these kids.’
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Why does the article only highlight the declining population problem while ignoring current unemployment and infrastructure issues, such as schools, roads, hospitals, and water supply, caused by overpopulation? Furthermore, why consider population growth beneficial when nations like Israel possess fewer citizens yet remain more powerful than surrounding countries combined? For a country like India where overpopulation presents severe challenges, this should not be framed as a low-priority issue. Thank you.
The situation is not as bad as described in the article. Whenever any macro-economic situation of a country is described, please give a comparative picture. How is India doing compared to other countries including its neighbors? India is faring far far better than the big five countries. Since 2000 India’s growth is driven by IT which in turn drove the real estate and other industries. The politicians and the bureaucracy looted this by unnecessary salary hikes of govt servants, PSUs, etc. However real growth comes from manufacturing, production. And manufacturing is driven first in defense industries. Now India is picking up in that. So India is doing really good. Dear Praveen Swami, please consider all this before painting a dark picture.
We do not so many graduates. We need to cut down on the higher education colleges. Open university like IGNU is enough for those who do not get admission in graduate courses in the normal colleges and universities and want to study with work.
We need 10 th pass youths with vocational training per their aptitude. They can study further in the open universities. The job market for graduates is not going to increase in future. A large number of jobs can be done by 10th pass with some training. The more youths study in place of working, the more they get frustrated. We need some radical change in our educational approach. Also, the businesses should train 10th pass outs as per their needs.
Why does the article only highlight the declining population problem while ignoring current unemployment and infrastructure issues, such as schools, roads, hospitals, and water supply, caused by overpopulation? Furthermore, why consider population growth beneficial when nations like Israel possess fewer citizens yet remain more powerful than surrounding countries combined? For a country like India where overpopulation presents severe challenges, this should not be framed as a low-priority issue. Thank you.
The situation is not as bad as described in the article. Whenever any macro-economic situation of a country is described, please give a comparative picture. How is India doing compared to other countries including its neighbors? India is faring far far better than the big five countries. Since 2000 India’s growth is driven by IT which in turn drove the real estate and other industries. The politicians and the bureaucracy looted this by unnecessary salary hikes of govt servants, PSUs, etc. However real growth comes from manufacturing, production. And manufacturing is driven first in defense industries. Now India is picking up in that. So India is doing really good. Dear Praveen Swami, please consider all this before painting a dark picture.
We do not so many graduates. We need to cut down on the higher education colleges. Open university like IGNU is enough for those who do not get admission in graduate courses in the normal colleges and universities and want to study with work.
We need 10 th pass youths with vocational training per their aptitude. They can study further in the open universities. The job market for graduates is not going to increase in future. A large number of jobs can be done by 10th pass with some training. The more youths study in place of working, the more they get frustrated. We need some radical change in our educational approach. Also, the businesses should train 10th pass outs as per their needs.
On a lighter note, they could flip from frying pakoras to making reels.