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PREDOMINANCE OF AGRICULTURE
Provides employment to about two-thirds of total working population Indicator of low economic development Although things have improved as compared to independence
UNDERDEVELOPED NATURAL RESOURCES AND INADEQUATE CAPITAL FORMATION India is gifted with large renewable and non renewable resources Large part underutilized because of lack of capital or technical know how
DEMOGRAPHIC PECULIARITIES
During 1961-2011, Indias population increased at an annual average rate of about 2.1% and currently at a rate of 1.6% Absolute annual increase in Indias population is being estimated at about 17 million i.e. India is adding daily about 50,000 persons all through out the year.
Labour surplus economy The unemployment rate in India was last reported at 3.8 percent in 2010/11 fiscal year. Historically, from 1983 until 2010, India Unemployment Rate averaged 8.1 Percent reaching an all time high of 9.4 Percent in December of 2009 and a record low of 6.0 Percent in December of 1994.
(The unemployment rate can be defined as the number of people actively looking for a job as a percentage of the labour force.)
High rate of illiteracy 74.04% people can read and write (2011) i.e. 296 million illiterates India ranks 106 out of the 127 countries on Education for all development index (2005 global report) In skilled areas like computer technology, situation is disastrous The number of beds available over 1,000 million is only 9.10 lakh Only 16 out of every 100 Indian households- a mere four in villages have first generation infrastructure facilities like safe drinking water, electricity and toilets. About 20% of the population have no access to safe drinking water.
India has the distinction of the highest percentage of neonates who weigh less than the internationally accepted norm of 2.5 kg.
TECHNOLOGICAL BACKWARDNESS
Rate of technological growth; 0.7% to 1.1% 119 researchers per million population Global Information technology report,2010, places India at 117 among 159 countries in the economies effectively using IT
INFRASTRUCTURE INADEQUACIES
Singapore based Political and Economic Risk Consultancy Ltd.- India ranked 10th in financial system and 9th in physical infrastructure (In scale of 0 to 10, 10 being worse) Global competitiveness report by World Economic Forum 2011: India ranks 32nd in a group of 59 countries in terms of growth competitiveness
DUALISTIC ECONOMY
Mixture of traditional and modern Large number of illiterates along with large number of IT professionals
SUSTAINED GROWTH
Presently India is fastest growing economy in the world (after China) In terms of purchasing power parity, India had a per capita income of 3,260 $ In the changing demographics, India will have the largest pool of working population in the world.
Self Reliance and minimal Dependence Agricultural Transformation Industrial changes Changes in foreign trade Improvement in Infrastructure Expansion of science and technology Social Changes