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Schooling is one of the most expensive aspects of raising a child. Today, children in Indian cities have access to the highest quality education, but this education comes at a cost. Till date the government has been unable to regulate school fees hence school fees are continuously rising.
The board of education, the language of engagement, infrastructure, and facilities available are all factors that influence a school's fee structure. Most schools raise their tuition fees by 9-10% per year. Government schools are an exception, as they provide free education to all students. However, due to the high number of students in government schools, all children are unable to enrol in them.
When it comes to private schools, the first expenditure to be incurred is an entry fee. Most institutions charge an entry fee of INR 50,000 or more. Tuition fees might range from Rs 25,000 to several lakhs per year.
A survey conducted in 2019 revealed that the average annual tuition fees for popular CBSE and ICSE privately run schools was between INR 1 lakh and 1.5 lakh. International schools can charge annual fees of up to Rs3-4 lakhs or more.
There are various other expenses that must be incurred. For instance, the costs of uniforms, books, stationery, and so on. If the child must travel a specific distance to and from school, bus fees or transportation fees must also be considered.
A survey conducted in May 2018 revealed that the total expense of educating a child in a private school had risen from INR 55,000 to 125,000 annually over the last decade. In the past 4 years, this cost will only have risen further. In some cases, school fees are even higher than college fees.
Let us aspire for the day when the priority of educational organisations will be quality and skilful education rather than a source of income. Please be careful when enrolling your child in educational institutions. Consider child development above facilities, skills over meals, and a playground over AC classes.
The need for high-quality education at an affordable price is growing, but all private schools are raising their fees. There was a time when poor children couldn't get an education; now, even middle-class families can't afford a basic education. Even after spending a lot of money on schooling, skill education is still lacking. Today, the expense of raising a child exceeds the cost of an adult's spending.
Unemployment In Country
In 2020 unemployment rate in India was estimated to be 7.9 percent which is the highest since 1972-73. Unemployment rate of 7.9% may not sound too dire, until you consider that in 2011-12, it was just 2.2%. And it's particularly high among people between 15 and 28 years - in urban India, 21.8% of men and 27.2% of women in this age group are jobless and currently looking for jobs, while in rural India, its 17.4% and 13.6% respectively.
The current population of India is around 136.64 crores, India population is equivalent to 17.7% of the total world population. India ranks number 2 in the list of countries by population.
And lots of young energetic brains are not in use or jobless due to mismanagement of Indian government, that’s why we are losing our hold in economic growth.
India's economic growth has been recorded as per large amount of working young people - people under the age of 35 make up 70% of the population. The idea was that around 12 million young people would enter the workplace every year. As they started earning and spending, growth would accelerate, and this would pull millions more out of poverty. But recently unemployment rate among young people is very high. Around one in every five is unable to find a job.
If unemployment rates are high and steady, there are negative impacts on the long-run economic growth. Unemployment wastes resources, generates redistributive pressures and distortions, increases poverty, limits labour mobility, and promotes social unrest and conflict. Most important thing is crime will increase because lots of people found they were unable to fulfil their daily requires.
For the individual, unemployment can cause psychological distress, which can lead to a decline in life satisfaction. It can also lead to mood disorders and substance abuse.
India possesses one of the fastest-growing economies in the world and as a result, India is recognized as one of the G-20 major economies as well as a member of the BRIC countries, an association that is made up of rapidly growing economies. As well as India, three other countries, namely Brazil, Russia, and China, are BRIC members. When considering individual development as a country. However, in comparison to the other emerging countries in the BRIC group, India’s progress was rather minimal. While China experienced the most apparent growth, India’s efficiency and productivity remained somewhat stagnant over the course of 4 or 5 years. India also reported a rather large trade deficit over the past years, implying that its total imports exceeded its total amount of exports, essentially forcing the country to borrow money in order to finance the nation. Most economists consider trade deficits a negative factor, especially in the long run and for developing or emerging countries.
From 2014 unemployment is continuously rising, even latest PLFS report shows unemployment rates falling in a year 2019-2020 when GDP growth hit a low.
Roads In Gujarat
Gujarat is in the forefront of economic development and industrialization. Besides being a major manufacturer of Pharmaceuticals, Dyes, Chemicals, and textile etc. Gujarat also has huge resources of petroleum deposits with it and is a major producer of petrochemicals too. Gujarat caters to a vast hinterland, which constitutes 35% of India’s exports. In today’s scenario Gujarat has made up plans to become one of the major players in the global IT sector too.
Major multinationals and prestigious national corporates have preferred this state to start their industries and corporate nerve centres too. For their growth roads is the most important thing but the condition of roads is worst.
Every time after facing a heavy rainfall, roads are been washed away and potholes emerged potholes this leads to increase in number of accidental deaths.
21,500 persons died in road accidents in the state during the past three years.
chief minister Vijay Rupani, who also holds the home portfolio, informed that 21,529 persons died in road accidents in the last three years, ending September 30,2020. In addition, 46,146 persons sustained serious injuries in road accidents during the same period.
The highest number of deaths and injuries were reported in Ahmedabad (1075 deaths), while Surat registered 808 deaths, 536 persons died in Rajkot and 472 died in Vadodara in road accidents in the said period.
As most of the state highways are two-lane roads, very few of them have dividers. In absence of dividers, vehicle owners do not hesitate to jump lanes to overtake vehicles in front of them resulting in head-on collisions.
The other major reasons are absence of signboards at blind turns and human errors like driving on wrong side or over-speeding
Tax on 2 Wheelers
2-wheeler vehicle owners need to pay a flat rate tax of 6% of cost of vehicle on all new vehicle purchase and registration in the state.
For resold vehicles up to 8 years old, road tax is charged at 15% of lump sum tax paid. For older vehicles, road tax is levied at 1% of lump sum tax paid or Rs.100, whichever is more.
Tax on 4 Wheelers
Gujarat levies a flat rate tax of 6% of cost of vehicle on new 4 wheelers bought and registered in the state. This rate is applicable on private non-transport vehicles only.
This much high amount of taxes being taken from citizens of Gujarat, but not optimum work is done by government.
"EACH LIFE IS AS IMPORTANT AS YOURS" but government doesn't understand this truth.
Justice Process Is Such An Injustice
The saying ‘justice delayed is justice denied’ is quite famous and used often. It has a deep and significant meaning which reflects true situations. which means that even if remedy against an illegal injury caused is available but not executed in due time, such a situation is comparable to having no remedy at all.
There is no time limit fixed either by any Act or Code within which the cases must be decided and disposed of. Therefore, the judges, lawyers, and even the litigants take it for granted that there is no urgency to finish the case.
You might have seen there are some cases in which generations of family is involved but in the end; no result at all. Indian Judiciary is one of the fundamental mainstays of the democratic system. It is one which individuals look up to while the authoritative framework and police are blamed for being profoundly biased. Indian politicians, administrative officers, and police are least confided in individuals of India, while Judiciary is viewed as the foundation that stands for citizens of India.
You might wonder, why are there so many delays in the delivery of judgments? In India, there are about 10,000 courts. We have one Supreme Court which is the highest branch of Judiciary in India, twenty- one High Courts in various states, 3150 District Courts, one in each District of India and about 3825 Magisterial courts divided into First class and Second Class.
Apart from this, we also have various tribunals, Lok Adalat’s, etc. According to a recent survey, there are more than 34 Lakh cases which are pending in High Courts and more than 4 crore cases that are pending in District Courts. This is the situation of the Indian Judiciary. Many of these cases will take years to finally resolve.
The Indian justice system is one of the most important pillars of the Indian democracy. But for all its power, it remains erratic, under-staffed and above all slow. The Indian Judicial system is in urgent need of reforms if we are to continue to strengthen our society that lives within a framework of fair justice for all.
Because of this outdated system of courts organisation in India, there is a delay in providing of justice. And when that delay is prolonged for far too long, it amounts to the denial of justice itself. I ask you, is such a system healthy for the largest and perhaps the most vibrant democracy in the world?
If India is great, then why Indians leave it?
While this idea of a global village is gaining popularity, our sense of nationalism still looks upon Indians who leave the country to take up residence overseas as non-resident Indians – a separate class unto itself. According to reports from the United Nations, over 244 million people live in countries outside their countries of birth. In this context it is important to note that Indians make up the largest diaspora population in the world. Over 16 million NRIs live in countries outside India.
A burgeoning population has made India one of the most populated countries of the world. Finding adequate opportunities for such a large population is a considerable challenge. According to the National Science Foundation, a United States government body, there were around 950,000 Indian-origin scientists and engineers in the United States in 2013.
Educated Indians prefer to plug the demand between the demand and supply for scientists, engineers, and doctors rather than hunting for opportunities back home. The following are some of the notable personalities who preferred to work & live abroad:
Manu Prakash- was born in Meerut, UP and completed his B.Tech in computer science and engineering from the IIT, Kanpur before moving to the United States for his masters and PhD. Currently he is an assistant professor of bioengineering at Stanford University.
Kalpana Chawla-This lady needs no introduction. Born in Karnal, India, she was the first Indian American astronaut and also the first Indian woman in space. She began working at NASA’s Ames Research Center in 1988.
Pranav Mistry-Hailing from Palanpur, Gujarat, this computer scientist and inventor is currently Vice President of Research at Samsung and is the head of Think Tank Team. He has contributed to Wearable Computing, Augmented reality, Ubiquitous computing, Gestural interaction, AI, Machine vision, Collective intelligence and Robotics
Dipak C. Jain- Born in a small town Tezpur in Assam, he is the current Dean of Sasin Graduate Institute of Business Administration of Chulalongkorn University in Bangkok.
Amar Bose-Born in a Bengali Hindu family, this amazing electrical engineer and sound engineer served as a professor at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) for over 45 years. He was also the founder and chairman of Bose Corporation which he later donated to MIT.
Satya Nadella-This current CEO of Microsoft was born in Hyderabad and earlier worked with Sun Microsystems as a member of its technology staff before joining Microsoft in 1992.
Sham Pitroda- Mr. Sam Pitroda is an internationally respected telecom inventor, entrepreneur, development thinker, and policy maker who has spent 50 years in information and communications technology (ICT) and related global and national developments. He holds around 20 honorary PhD’s, close to 100 worldwide patents, and has published five books and numerous papers and lectured widely all over the world. He lives in Chicago.
Sundar Pichai-Sundar Pichai is a computer engineer and the current CEO of Google Inc. An engineering genius known for his innovative ideas, Sundar Pichai is best known as the mastermind behind the launch of the Chrome browser in 2008. Sundar Pichai lives in Los Altos Hills in California.
The socio-political system in India is riddled with several evils that make life difficult. Staunch caste and religious rules dictate life in the country. Gender inequality is rampant and so is corruption and pollution. Reservation, while intending to protect the interests of the underprivileged, often keeps deserving candidates from claiming rightful opportunities. The political influence on social life is significant and medical and healthcare facilities often out of reach of the lower rungs of society. The idea that migrating overseas will give one and one’s family a better life is one of the dominant sentiments behind India’s great emigration numbers.
If the lure of a golden faraway land exists, more Indians will continue to seek their fortunes outside their homeland.