International perception of India is positive. Investment
flow is moving extremely well. But the very important issue
is inclusiveness. Previously, the focus of inclusiveness
was the poor. Today, inclusiveness goes beyond that to a
perception of everyone feeling they are getting a share
of action by upward social and economic mobility. It is
important to know what is required to continue growth. In
the next two to three years, we need to bring major changes
in agricultural, health and education sectors and infrastructure.
There is no way India could shy away from Globalization.
Globalization is the ability to source capital from anywhere
in the world where it is the cheapest, to obtain technology
from anywhere in the world where it is the best, to have
the capacity to make products in the world where it can
be done more efficiently and to sell anywhere in the world
that offers the best price.
India is caught between the issues of inclusiveness and
globalization which cannot be ignored. Sixty years of our
young nation and more than 5,000 years of historical processes,
as a republic and as geography respectively, have given
us enough capacity to resolve such contradictions in harmonious
manner. India is reckoned as a nation a with large number
of aspiring youth, where 50% of the population is below
the age of 25 years. The population of India will reach
140 crores by 2025, according to an estimate. The average
median age of India's population will be around 25 years
in the next to three decades. Therefore, the time is ripe
for some out-of-the-box solutions for the various facets
of inclusiveness in the wake of inevitable globalization.
These initiatives have to be driven by the central government
rather than the state governments within the next five years.
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