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Published on: 01/11/2019
The Story of Development
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1.
(i)Mention two developmental goals of prosperous farmers from Punjab.
(ii)Why has Kerala a higher Human Development Index than Punjab in spite of low per capita income.
2.
What is national development? What are the aspects covered under the national development?
3.
Which organisation measures HDR? Mention any three indicators of HDR.
4.
Why is sustainable development essential for economic growth? Give two reasons.
5.
Why is per capita income of different countries calculated in dollars and not in their own currencies by the World Bank?
6.
What are the objectives of social development?
7.
Why are public facilities needed for the development of the country? Explain any four public facilities?
8.
List a few examples of environmental degradation that you may have observed around you.
9.
"The Earth has enough resources to meet the needs of all but not enough to satisfy the greed of even one person." How is this statement relevant to the discussion of development? Discuss.
10.
Why is the issue of sustainability important for development?
11.
Why Kerala has a better human development ranking than Maharashtra inspite of lower per capita income?
12.
Find out present sources of energy used by people in India. What could be possibilities fifty years from now?
13.
In what respect is the criterion used by the UNDP for measuring development different from the one used by the World Bank?
14.
What is the main criterion used by the World Bank in classifying different countries? What are the limitations of their criterion, if any?
15.
Write a paragraph on your notion of what should India do, or achieve, to become a developed country.
16.
From the text, find out the per capita income level of middle-income countries as per WDR 2006.
17.
Besides size of per capita income, what other property of income is important in comparing two or more societies?
18.
Give three examples where an average is used for comparing situations
19.
Explain some of the important ideas of the above section in your own words
20.
Why do different persons have different notions of development? Which of the following explanations is more important and why?
(a)Because people are different
(b)Because life situations of persons are different
1.
(i)Two developmental goals of prosperous farmers from punjab
(a)High family income through higher support prices of their crops and through hand working and cheap labourers.
(b)Ability to get their children settle abroad.
(ii)Kerala has a higher Human Development Index than Punjab because of the following reasons:
(a)Kerala has low infant mortality rate. In 2003, out of 1000 children born alive 11 died before completing one year of age, but in Punjab the proportion of children dying within one year of birth is 49, which is nearly five times more.
(b)The literacy rate of Kerala (91%) is higher than Punjab (70%)
2.
It refers to the ideology of different persons regarding development. The aspects covered are as follows:
(a)If there are conflicts how does one decide?
(b)We also have to think whether there is a better way of doing things?
(c)Would the idea benefit a large number of people or only a small group?
3.
(a)UNDP
(b)Three indicators are - Educational level of people, Health status and Per capita income.
4.
(i)It is important because future generations should not suffer due to the development programmes of the present generation.
(ii)Issue of sustainability consider judicious use of resources, adopt measures to prevent environmental pollution and to avoid wastages.
5.
Per capita Income is calculated in dollars for all countries so that it can be compared. It is also done in a way so that every dollar would buy the same amount of goods and services in any country.
6.
The following are the objectives of social development
(i)Economic Equality-Social development seeks to bring economic equality to the poor section of the society. It requires the standard of living of the people living below poverty line.
(ii)Social Justice- The under-privilege of section of society should get equal rights for carrying on any job, profession etc. They should also get justice and legal aid for any injustice met by upper section of the society.
(iii)Health and Education - It should be ensured that lower section of the society gets proper health and education facilities so that they can complete with the rich section of the society.
(iv)Cultural Equality - No discrimination should be met out to the people on the basis of regional identity, caste, religion, social status etc., Social development aims at all round development of society without any injustice, discrimination or deprivation.
7.
Public facilities are required to ensure safety, security, health, education to the population of the country. It aids them to work better, earn better and to have better facilities of life. A healthy, educated and responsible population ensures development of the country. Four public facilities are as below:
(a)Health facility
(b)Education facility
(c)Safety and security of the citizen
(d)Infrastructure facility like rail, road etc.
8.
Various kinds of environmental degradations are taking place today. Air pollution caused becausse of vehicles and industries, water pollution caused because of industrial effluents and human activities and land degradation because of mining, deforestation, and building of residential apartments, highways and for making furnitures have collectively led to environmental degradation. e expectancy at birth. Pakistan occupies the lowest position in the gross enrolement for all the three categories.
9.
The famous quote of Mahatma Gandhi tells us that Earth has plenty of resources to satisfy the needs and basic requirements of the people but it does not have resources to meet the greed of even one person. WHile the basic necessities of human race can be fulfilled by nature, the unlimited exploitation of resources on the pretext of rapid development and the satisfaction of unlimited wants will lead to the destruction of resources. Sustainable developement is the key to the stable growth of economy. It will not only lead to the development of the present economy but willalso lead to its development in the future.
10.
Sustainable development means the judicious use od natural resources in such a way that they not only fulfill the needs of the present generation but also of the future generations. Sustainable development in an uncontrolled manner will not only lead to fast depletion of resources but will also result in stagnation of economies of the world. Sustainable development ensures stable and regular development of a country's economy.
11.
Yes, I agree that per capita income is not a useful crieterion at all and should not be used to compare states. We can understand this fact with the help of the statistics of two states, Kerala and Punjab. The per capita income of Punjab (Rs.26,000) is higher than Kerala (RS 22,800). However, the infant mortality rate (49) and literacy rate (70%) in Punjab are much lower than Kerala (infant mortality rate-11 and literacy rate-91%). The above data clearly shows that per capita income alone cannot be used for measuring the development of a nation or a state.
12.
Fire wood is the main source of energy in rural India, Coal, petroleum and natural gas are used extensively for the production of energy. These sources are non-renewable resources i.e., they are exhaustible.
In aboutfifty years of time, we can hope to see various new renewable resources of energy being used on a much larger scale than they are used now. Solar energy, wind energy, geothermal energy, tidal energy and bio-gas made from the cow dung can be used extensively in future. Besides being renewable resources, these are also environment friendly. a nation or a state.
13.
The World Bank measures the development based only on per capita income, while the UNDP's Human Development Report measures the development in terms of per capita income, literacy rates and general health standards of the people.
14.
World Bank uses the per capita income of the country as the principal criterion for classifying the countries as rich or poor. Per capita income is the average income of the people of a country in a given year. This criterion of classification has number of limitations. They are
(i)World Bank does not give equal importance to other factors such as literacy rates and general health standards of the people which plays an important role in defining the quality of life.
(ii)The per capita income does not reflect information about the unequal distribution of income among the people.
(iii)Classification by income does not necessarily display the development status because economics in one group do not experience similar level of development.
15.
When we look at the figures related to Human Development Index, India lags behind on several parameters. Although the life expectancy, infant mortality, and literacy rate have shown improvement in 2011 census, much more needs to be done. Given the vast population of India, the absolute number of infants how die before completing one year is very high. This can be attributed to lack of proper health care, drinking water, sanitation and nutrition; especially in rural areas. India needs to develop facilities to improve on these parameters to become a developed country.
16.
Sri Lanka: $4390, India:$3139, Pakistan:$2225
17.
Purchasing power parity is another important property of income; while comparing two or more societies. Purchasing power parity shows the ability of people to purchase some items which are taken for comparison.
18.
Height of students in a class with a large number of students, income of people of a state, forest cover in a country, etc. are some examples where averages are used for comparing situations.
19.
Different people have different developmental needs. These needs are based on their particular life situations. For example; for a person in a remote village, access to an all-weather road can be the developmental goal. On the other hand, for a person living in Delhi or Mumbai, construction of a rapid mass transit system may be the developmental goal.
20.
The second explanation is more important about different notions of development for different people. A person's development needs depend on the situation around him. This can be illustrated with a simple example which is as follows. If a person is living in a remote village which is not accessible by road, then construction of an all-weather road would be the developmental need for that person. On the other hand, if a person is living in a metro city and finds it difficult to commute to his workplace, construction of rapid transit system would be the developmental need for that person.
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