Most of the countrymen when asked impromptu on the remedial steps that needs to be taken to make INDIA a flourishing country and a global power by 2025 -say- a very simple yet correct line - “identifying potentials and anticipating the challenges to our future progress in different sectors of the national economy and overcoming them as they come step by step.” But does it alone constitute a vision of the country’s future? These disparate threads need to be woven together to reflect the integrated nature of our national life. Then, there still remains the question of whether to be preoccupied by the negative possibilities or to throw our full weight behind efforts to fully realize the positive potentials revealed by this analysis. The point of emphasis here stays that individuals have to come up and raise their voice against the harassment doomed upon the common mass and the society as a whole by some of the stealthy politicians in the name of their so called venomous weapon - “communism”. Dreams need not be dreams anymore and the promising dynamic youth of this country should take the responsibility of a peaceful and prosperous India on their broad shoulders.
But in all this, where do I stand? Saying a statement and implementing it are two different things and I make it a point that I always stick by this fact so that I can always motivate people by presenting myself as a live example in front of them.
By 2025, I see INDIA bustling with energy, entrepreneurship and innovation in all sectors. In particular I visualize India becoming a world leader in the agricultural market and utilizing its extensive lucrative farm lands in an exhaustive manner. Exporting crops in huge amounts would make this business an attractive option to the entrepreneurs and hence the development of this industry would automatically create a lot of employment opportunities around. To peep a little deeper into the corporate world I would say that India’s claim to the title Silicon Valley of Asia will be followed by the diversification from IT to biotechnology, medical sciences and other emerging fields of technology, widening the field of India’s international competitiveness and generating a large number of employment opportunities for the educated youth.
I might not be lying here if I say that in 10 yrs from now I would be leading a company started by myself in the technological arena that would then become a major player highlighting INDIA’s modern approach towards becoming a leader in this competitive world. But to me right now the most critical pulse of our country which needs to be touched and mentioned here is the uplifting of the regions where people die due to starvation, lack of proper medical aid in their vicinity, where people can’t even think of doing any work in night for no electricity till now has been gifted to them by our “caring” government, where parents even fear sending their children to study as they believe everything else outside their small little world is a hoax. Can a true heart of an Indian, who thinks for his country ever sit idle after knowing that these places still exist in our country and our brothers and sisters are still caged in that mind-regressing environment? I couldn’t. I found out a society GYWS (Gopali Youth Welfare Society) in its nascent state which was operating close by to my college campus, having its vision similar to what I had. I shook hands and gave my heart to that and after 6 months now I feel proud to have played my part in establishing one of our major projects - a school in the village for the deprived children and giving them English education free of cost. Expansion of this school and its sustainment is one of the major challenges in front of us.
“By 2025, I see the country’s 1.45 billion people will be better fed, dressed and housed, taller and healthier, more educated and longer living than any generation in the country’s long history. Illiteracy and all major contagious diseases will have disappeared. School enrolment from age 6 to 14 will near 100 per cent and dropout rates will fall to less than one in twenty.” – doesn’t this statement seem to be a baseless dream? A true solid base is given to this statement if and only if the person stating this adds to it, his contributions in taking INDIA towards fulfilling that dream. Through our society as an initial step we wish to extend our support to the deprived and the underprivileged weaker section of the society and uplift them in a way that will help in their integration back with the society, along with infusing a feeling of taking the lead, whenever the society craves for you. Apart from education, we focus on imbibing the true ideals of humanity in our students and thus enlightening the future generation, paving the way to a prosperous “tomorrow” built on a strong “today”. Spreading the message of this society to the unaware youth throughout INDIA is of utmost importance too, as to start this helping act in a mass movement now, would help INDIA inch towards the vision set by many for it, in the coming decade.
By 2025, I see inequalities between different age groups, the sexes, income groups, communities and regions coming down dramatically. The old disparities between the very rich and the poor would not have disappeared, but the nature of poverty by then will not be nearly as harsh and oppressive as it was at the turn of the millennium. India’s achievements have been fuelled by the realization that the progress of the whole country ultimately depends on the progress of its weakest links; I see myself playing my part via this society to start a nationwide youth awareness campaign, the success of which would ensure all levels and sections of the population and all parts of the country, march forward together towards a more secure and prosperous INDIA 2025.
Apart from this I see myself implementing and popularizing the computerized “distance education” which will leapfrog most of our hurdles towards quality education to all and enable tens of thousands more students to opt for affordable higher education.
Now coming to parts where I see government taking initiatives on their own. The over-increasing congested urban traffic will be motorized as never before. Two wheelers will be ubiquitous and cars will be considered essential for most middle class families. Inter-city highways, connectivity to the rural regions and intra-city multi-lane roads will improve substantially in number, capacity and quality, but a four-fold multiplication in the number of vehicles will clog the urban infrastructure to the limit. Cell phones, computers and the Internet will permeate every aspect of life and every corner of the country. A massive afforestation programme will reverse the depletion of forest areas, raise the nation’s Green cover to 33 per cent of area, generate millions of rural employment opportunities, and provide abundant renewable energy from biomass power production. Rising levels of education, employment and income will help stabilize India’s internal security and social environment. A united and prosperous India will be far less prone to external security threats.
Above all I see INDIA 2025 characterized by a better-educated electorate and more transparent, efficient and decentralized government and bubbling with minds like us who along with themselves want to take their country to achieve greater heights.
