The rising population of India Part I

The only singular thing about our country is it's name INDIA.

The macro problems of food, work for the common Indian were addressed to with the machinations of firs and second five year plans. (Giving first importance to Agriculture and then to heavy industries). Sheltering for Indians had taken a back seat then, which is a hot cake now! Cereal production at 220 Mn Tons had established at the end of 6th Five Year Plan, but the imports of certain pulses and edible oil still continued to a huge extend, which is marginal today.

Heavy industries in spite of giving rural employment, produced iron and steel at great losses. Today we are still exporting iron ore to Japan and South Korea. And that's irony. We are not catering properly.

By the eight five year plan, we managed to have substantial production from the core sector and the problem of shelter to the common man was steadily coming down. On the export front, there were flashes in the pan and the big wigs of the corporate sector mulled their way through the bureaucracy.

Except for transit monsoon, 3 wars with Pakistan & China, common sense prevailing over this part of Asia, India slowly started emerging as a mini-power in the sub-continent. this too after 50 years of Independence. On a comparative basis, smaller nations who got Independence after us, took huge strides and today they are cut above us on numerous fronts. The only reason for this disparity is our rising population.