India's Exceptional Achievements in Social Sector and Improvements in Quality of Life

[sherin616]

Will that fill your stomach?

Yes Thats why hdi is so high

 

[Gibbs]

Indeed - Two models of economic development are very famous - The Kerela Model and the Gujarat Model - Kerela model of development had become world famous much before the Gujarat one. It is a model based on improving health, education and quality of life for people.

I find it pretty disturbing that the Kerala model has not brought economic prosperity in contrast with Gujarat, which has been corporatised in a dazzling manner but has abysmal development indicators. Gujarat might rank low in social indicators but when it comes to Industries and employment - It has much more to offer than Kerela which is well ahead of it in those very same social indicators.

So we have two models to choose from. One, where the investor is wooed and social indices are given short shrift. The other where the investor is frightened off and social indices are commendable. Not much to choose from really, unless the two models are merged to make one glorious blueprint for India.

@nair @Koovie @levina @SpArK - Your views.

Well ideally it should be a mixture of both.. rapid development cannot be sustained without human social development.. So with a highly educated, Healthy population economic development will be more robust and sustainable.. In the long run

 

[Viny]

Indeed - Two models of economic development are very famous - The Kerela Model and the Gujarat Model - Kerela model of development had become world famous much before the Gujarat one. It is a model based on improving health, education and quality of life for people.

I find it pretty disturbing that the Kerala model has not brought economic prosperity in contrast with Gujarat, which has been corporatised in a dazzling manner but has abysmal development indicators. Gujarat might rank low in social indicators but when it comes to Industries and employment - It has much more to offer than Kerela which is well ahead of it in those very same social indicators.

So we have two models to choose from. One, where the investor is wooed and social indices are given short shrift. The other where the investor is frightened off and social indices are commendable. Not much to choose from really, unless the two models are merged to make one glorious blueprint for India.

@nair @Koovie @levina @SpArK - Your views.

Gujarat model will show it colors in next 10yrs or so.
If you are developing fast and you have money in pocket, then that can be pushed into reforms.
Look at upcoming cities of Gujarat like Surat, which is moving towards slum free city, 24/7 electricty, door to door waste collection, door to door medical welfare, wifi and food for all programs. Having highest GDP rates constantly across the 5yrs in country.

 

[Chanakya's_Chant]

Just in - A year after obtaining WHO certification for the elimination of polio, India is on the verge of crossing another milestone in public health. India has eliminated maternal and neonatal tetanus — an infection that at its peak killed an estimated 2 lakh adults and children every year — and is expecting an official certification from WHO within two months.

After polio, India set to win battle against tetanus at childbirth
Confirmation of the breakthrough came after a WHO and UNICEF joint team conducted field visits in the last four hotspots where incidence of the infection had remained above acceptable levels.

India has eliminated maternal and neonatal tetanus — an infection that at its peak killed an estimated 2 lakh adults and children every year — and is expecting an official certification from WHO within two months. (Photo: Reuters)​

A year after obtaining WHO certification for the elimination of polio, India is on the verge of crossing another milestone in public health.

It has eliminated maternal and neonatal tetanus — an infection that at its peak killed an estimated 2 lakh adults and children every year — and is expecting an official certification from WHO within two months, Health Ministry sources told The Sunday Express.

Confirmation of the breakthrough came after a joint team of WHO and UNICEF recently conducted field visits in Jammu and Kashmir, Nagaland and Meghalaya, and Dadra and Nagar Haveli, which were the last four hotspots where incidence of the infection had remained above acceptable levels, sources said.

“The latest inspections went well and it’s only a matter of time before the formal certification comes, like it happened in the case of polio,” said a senior Health Ministry official.

Dr Vinod Paul, professor of neonatology in the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), outlined three major reasons why India managed to tame an infection that was “once responsible for some 15 per cent of the total number of neonatal deaths in the country”.

“The immunisation coverage of expecting mothers has become very good, though not 100 per cent yet. The number of institutional deliveries have gone up. Even for those happening outside institutions, we have delivery kits that minimise chances of infection. Safe umbilical cord practices have also been crucial,” Dr Paul said.

Maternal and Neonatal Tetanus Elimination (MNTE) is defined as less than one neonatal tetanus case per 1000 live births per year in every district of a country. India was among only 23 countries yet to eliminate MNT.

Health Ministry officials, meanwhile, have credited a strengthening of the system, including “a renewed focus on institutional deliveries” and a “maternal and child tracking system on the mobile phone” to track pregnancy, delivery and post-delivery immunisation.

India had received the WHO certification for its ‘Polio Free’ status last March – until 2009, it had accounted for half of all cases globally.

Source:- After polio, India set to win battle against tetanus at childbirth | The Indian Express

 

[sherin616]

I appreciate that - but these gains through the Kerela model are increasingly becoming meaningless because they have not been built on. There has been no value addition. Economic growth is important as the intellectual or social one.

Economic only helps corporate
Example )near my house a 600 crore housing project is announced(large house for wealthy people) and it is said we will loose our land 1 cent of land wwort 6 lakh for a small compensation from govt and water shortage due to the borewell the dig approximately 10 or 12
They only person ecnomically gaining is the owner of the project and wealthy people who buying properties on the land poor people like us are abandend(Like in the move Elysium and Ividam Swargamanu (Malayalam Movie )
Making poor still poor and middle class still middle class and richest becoming richer
Thats why kerala govt is giving importance to start up companies where regarless of wealth any one can be a Entrepreneur and govt is encouraging young enterpreneur with attendance and stipend instead of waiting some foreign company to invest

 

[Viny]

Economic only helps corporate
Example )near my house a 600 crore housing project is announced(large house for wealthy people) and it is said we will loose our land 1 cent of land wwort 6 lakh for a small compensation from govt and water shortage due to the borewell the dig approximately 10 or 12
They only person ecnomically gaining is the owner of the project and wealthy people who buying properties on the land poor people like us are abandend(Like in the move Elysium and Ividam Swargamanu (Malayalam Movie )
Making poor still poor and middle class still middle class and richest becoming richer
Thats why kerala govt is giving importance to start up companies where regarless of wealth any one can be a Entrepreneur and govt is encouraging young enterpreneur with attendance and stipend instead of waiting some foreign company to invest

In case you are thinking Gujarat is capitalized by big corporates, then you are grossely mistaken.
Majority of job creation, business activity comes from middle and upper middle class businessman. Look at cities like Rajkot, Bhavnagar, Surat, these are not growing because Some Adani or Ambani is investing, these have grown up because the local trader have grown to make a market for national and global level.

For example,
Rajkot and region is known for its automobile spare parts industry
Belt from Vapi to Ankleshwar is Chemical industry zone
Surat has POY based textile industry and diamond industry
Ahemdabad has cotton industry.

And only handful jobs are created by big players in these industry, ite the SME's who does the majority of business turnovers and who provides employements.

So the cities developed and become global market place for a specific trading commodities. These development requires participation of all from a labour class who invests work and a businessman who invests money.

Finally if given an opportunity to participate in growth and development even the poor would participate and would help in growing the economy. Otherwise if you keep feeding them without productive usage to economy they become burden and bring down the entire system.

 

[Echo_419]

Just in - A year after obtaining WHO certification for the elimination of polio, India is on the verge of crossing another milestone in public health. India has eliminated maternal and neonatal tetanus — an infection that at its peak killed an estimated 2 lakh adults and children every year — and is expecting an official certification from WHO within two months.

After polio, India set to win battle against tetanus at childbirth
Confirmation of the breakthrough came after a WHO and UNICEF joint team conducted field visits in the last four hotspots where incidence of the infection had remained above acceptable levels.

India has eliminated maternal and neonatal tetanus — an infection that at its peak killed an estimated 2 lakh adults and children every year — and is expecting an official certification from WHO within two months. (Photo: Reuters)​

A year after obtaining WHO certification for the elimination of polio, India is on the verge of crossing another milestone in public health.

It has eliminated maternal and neonatal tetanus — an infection that at its peak killed an estimated 2 lakh adults and children every year — and is expecting an official certification from WHO within two months, Health Ministry sources told The Sunday Express.

Confirmation of the breakthrough came after a joint team of WHO and UNICEF recently conducted field visits in Jammu and Kashmir, Nagaland and Meghalaya, and Dadra and Nagar Haveli, which were the last four hotspots where incidence of the infection had remained above acceptable levels, sources said.

“The latest inspections went well and it’s only a matter of time before the formal certification comes, like it happened in the case of polio,” said a senior Health Ministry official.

Dr Vinod Paul, professor of neonatology in the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), outlined three major reasons why India managed to tame an infection that was “once responsible for some 15 per cent of the total number of neonatal deaths in the country”.

“The immunisation coverage of expecting mothers has become very good, though not 100 per cent yet. The number of institutional deliveries have gone up. Even for those happening outside institutions, we have delivery kits that minimise chances of infection. Safe umbilical cord practices have also been crucial,” Dr Paul said.

Maternal and Neonatal Tetanus Elimination (MNTE) is defined as less than one neonatal tetanus case per 1000 live births per year in every district of a country. India was among only 23 countries yet to eliminate MNT.

Health Ministry officials, meanwhile, have credited a strengthening of the system, including “a renewed focus on institutional deliveries” and a “maternal and child tracking system on the mobile phone” to track pregnancy, delivery and post-delivery immunisation.

India had received the WHO certification for its ‘Polio Free’ status last March – until 2009, it had accounted for half of all cases globally.

Source:- After polio, India set to win battle against tetanus at childbirth | The Indian Express

Great news

 

[SarthakGanguly]

Yes Thats why hdi is so high

Poverty is a state of mind, right? And so is prosperity?

 

[Levina]

Indeed - Two models of economic development are very famous - The Kerela Model and the Gujarat Model - Kerela model of development had become world famous much before the Gujarat one. It is a model based on improving health, education and quality of life for people.

I find it pretty disturbing that the Kerala model has not brought economic prosperity in contrast with Gujarat, which has been corporatised in a dazzling manner but has abysmal development indicators. Gujarat might rank low in social indicators but when it comes to Industries and employment - It has much more to offer than Kerela which is well ahead of it in those very same social indicators.

So we have two models to choose from. One, where the investor is wooed and social indices are given short shrift. The other where the investor is frightened off and social indices are commendable. Not much to choose from really, unless the two models are merged to make one glorious blueprint for India.

@nair @Koovie @levina @SpArK - Your views.

Come to think of it, that if only money, corporates and economic prosperity is all that mattered then we would be the next China and democracy can go for a six. Kerala and Gujarat both 've had long history of commercialisation and globalisation via trade. Kerala's achievemnt in my view is its literacy rate which is why we rank so well on social indicators, but at the same time kerala govt be it congress or CPI (M), which takes turns to come to power, has not been able to create jobs within the state and ergo 1 in 3 household has an NRI in kerala.

 

[sherin616]

Poverty is a state of mind, right? And so is prosperity?

Ya beggers always think about money

 

[SarthakGanguly]

Ya beggers always think about money

Are you a bigoted Christian keralite? A specimen used to study with us in college? If you are not, my apologies in advance.

 

[sherin616]

Are you a bigoted Christian keralite? A specimen used to study with us in college? If you are not, my apologies in advance.

.ya iam that bigot
Where do you studied about our kind iamalwaysright university

 

[SarthakGanguly]

.ya iam that bigot
Where do you studied about our kind iamalwaysright university

Hello bigot.

 

[gslv mk3]

Are you a bigoted Christian keralite?

How dare you ??

 

[Chanakya's_Chant]

>> [HASHTAG]#MajorAchievement[/HASHTAG] WHO Declares India Maternal & Neonatal Tetanus Free! - In 1983 the Indian government introduced two doses of tetanus toxoid vaccine to all pregnant women during each pregnancy as nationwide expanded programme on immunisation. But in 1990 neonatal tetanus still accounted for almost 80,000 deaths, said UNICEF. But Poonam pointed out that in 2013 and 2014 fewer than 500 cases were reported. India was finally declared free of maternal and neonatal tetanus on May 15, 2015.

[HASHTAG]#MajorAchievement[/HASHTAG] WHO Declares India Maternal & Neonatal Tetanus Free!

>>The use of social media in rural India has grown 100 per cent in the past year beating urban India - Internet growth, it is estimated, could help open the gates to a $200 billion dollar economy, augmenting per capita income by almost 29%.

Social media use doubles in rural India - The Hindu

>>Money For Rural India From Delhi Up 217%.

• Over the next five years, money to rural local governments (panchayats) will rise nearly three times, from Rs 63,051 crore ($13.3 billion) to Rs 200,292 crore ($31.2 billion), on the recommendations of the 14th Finance Commission—a constitutional body that recommends sharing of financial resources between the centre and the states.
• Panchayat institutions in Kerala are most effectively decentralised and so best placed to handle this money. The next best are Karnataka, Maharashtra and Tamil Nadu.
• Gram panchayats, the smallest unit of the panchayat system, get the largest share of finances, 60%, from the central government.
• Block and District-level panchayats, the second and third tier of the 3-tier panchayati raj, get most of their money from the states.
• While gram panchayats generate 11% of revenue, block and district-level panchayats generate 0.4% and 1.6%, respectively.

Money For Rural India From Delhi Up 217%