400 million people in India still live in poverty –this makes 1/3rd

of the poor’s in the world

Many of those who have recently escaped poverty (53 million people

between 2005-10 alone) are still highly vulnerable to falling back into it.

While India’s average annual per capita income was $1,410 in

2011–placing it among the poorest of the world’s middle-income

countries– it was just $436 in Uttar Pradesh (which has more people

than Brazil) and only $294 in Bihar, one of India’s poorest states

A pictorial graphic released by various United Nations agencies on the occasion

of International Literacy Day accords India the dubious distinction of having the

maximum number of illiterate adults in the world-a staggering 287 million, a

number that is nearly four times the population of France.

India has the second highest unemployment rate after South Africa.

Countries such as Pakistan, Indonesia, Kazakhstan,

and Sri Lanka have a lower unemployment rate compared to India.

These are itself the reasons to various

other problems and are highly

interconnected as illiteracy leads to

unemployment and finally drives the

fatal force in the world-poverty. In on

way illiteracy is the mother of all

problems in India

But statistics , facts and reasons

cannot bring smiles on those 400

million faces , so how can we do that?

Volunteer Teaching has turned to be a rare profession these

days and also half of the illiterate masses do not have money for a formal school , if every youth of India volunteer for an hour or two even in a week illiteracy will be an unknown word.

One more problem in India is that people do not understand the importance of education , as a volunteer , on can spread awareness.

Help the poor in setting up small scale enterprises for self-earning.

Now , what part can government play is that they can make social service a part of curriculum of the students.

Revolutionize education The education system in India was built to train Indians

to serve as clerks for the British government, this system

of education has to be revolutionized to the purpose of

independent India.

Statistics say though there is large unemployment in

India still the industrial sector lacks in skilled manpower,

why such a gap?

We need a more industrial friendly and updated

education system, that works on personality and skill

development rather than rote learning.There is no point in

teaching a bank P.O. Science and literature when all his

work is to count money , deal with clients and update

records, he should rather be taught better communication

skills.

Promotion of SSIs

According to the statistics more than 40% of

companies income come from SSIs,they not only

serve to increase the gross domestic product of the

country ,they also help the country to get rid of

poverty,but still all the economic policies of the

government are in favour of big enterprises.

The government should focus on these small

establisment,providing them loans at low interest

rate ,reducing tax rates for such companies etc.

Basic Education necessary Though Indian government is focusing a lot on adult and

primary education , yet after all these efforts ,there has

been no much changes in the country , then what is to be

done?

The problem that the policy makers do not understand is

that most of the children do not go for higher education in

India, nor do adults study for years , nor do they need to

read all the poems of Greek and Roman mythology ,

what they need is basic education –to read and write

,know the laws and regulations of the country, etiquettes,

their rights ,their duties ,the policies of the government

and few basic skills to earn his living ,so special

curriculum should be prepared for all seeking primary

education

Reduce the income gap

The rich is becoming richer and the poor becomes

poorer.

Our country can learn from Finland ,there every man

pays a tax according to his income and in return all

are entitled to basic facilities for free, where even

fines are charged according to the income of a

person.

Nepotism and favourism should be done with.

Traditonal sources of income

Every family has some skills that they get from their

ancestors ,many families come to the verge of

poverty when those skills are no longer valued.

Government should promote such skills ,provide

subsidies on traditional handicraft and other

ancestral things and also helping them to improve

their technology side by side so that they can stand

the test of time.