POPULATION IS AN ASSET NOT A LIABILITY PEOPLE

POPULATION – IS AN ASSET & NOT A LIABILITY. PEOPLE - HUMAN RESOURCE. ABILITY TO CONTRIBUTE TO GDP. PEOPLE IN TERMS OF THEIR PRODUCTIVE SKILLS: HUMAN RESOURCE HUMAN CAPITAL FORMATION. HUMAN CAPITAL: STOCK OF SKILLS & PRODUCTIVE KNOWLEDGE EMBODIED. HUMAN RESOURECE: BECOME MORE EDUCATED & HEALTHY HCF.

EDUCATION TRAINING HUMAN RESOURCE MEDICAL CARE HIGHER PRODUCTIVITY HIGHER YIELD EDUCA TION HEALT HIER SOCIETY UPLIFTED. LET US CHANGE THE SOCIETY COINING: “POPULATION NEED NOT TO BE A LIABILITY”.

PRODUCTIVE ASSET. USE OF MODERN TECHNOLOGY. USE OF SCIENTIFIC RESEARCHES. TRAINING TO INDUSTRIAL & AGRICULTURAL WORKERS. EFFICIENT USE OF RESOURSES. STATITICS PROVE THAT EDUCATED PARENTS INVEST MORE ON EDUCATION AND HEALTH. LET’S DISCUSS: HOW A DOCTOR , TEACHER, ENGINEER AND A TAILOR ARE AN ASSET TO THE ECONOMY?

POPULATION IS AN ASSET IT IS NOT A LIABILITIY OF A NATION POPULATION BECOMES HUMAN CAPITAL IS THE STOCK OF SKILL AND PRODUCTIVE KNOWLEDGE EMBODIED IN THEM. WHEN H. R. IS FURTHER DEVELOPED, BY BECOMING MORE EDUCATED AND HEALTHY –CALL IT AS ‘HUMAN CAPITAL FORMATION’. HISTORY PROVES : COUNTRIES WITH LESS NATURAL RESOURSES DEVD. PURELY HUMAN RESOURCE.

ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES BY MEN AND WOMEN : MARKET ACTIVITIES • NON MARKET ACTIVITIES MEANS PRODUCTION FOR SELF CONSUMPTION 1. WOMEN ARE NOT PAID FOR SELF CONSUMPTION 2. WOMEN ARE PAID WHEN THEY ENTER INTO FACTOR - LABOUR MARKET. PROBLEMS OF THE UN ORGANISED SECTOR: 1. MEAGRE EDUCATION AND LOW SKILLS 2. LOW PAID AND IRREGULAR. 3. NO JOB SECURITY. 4. ABSENCE OF FACILITIES( MATERNITY LEAVE,

5. BUT HIGHER EDUCATION AND SKILL PAID PAR BUT HIGHER EDUCATION WITH MENPAID ( ORGANISED). AND SKILL PAR 6. ENTER INTO MEDICAL, TEACHING, WITH MEN( ORGANISED) ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES. LITERACY RATE LIFE EXPECTE SKILL FORMA NCY TION ACQUIRED. QUALITY OF POPULATION DECIDES THE GROWTH RATE OF THE COUNTRY.

EDUCATION OPEN NEW HORIZON GROWTH OF SECTORS BETTER STD. OF LIFE GRO. NATIO. INCOME CULTURAL RICHNESS EFFICIENCY. AIMS AT: UNIVERSAL ACCESS RETENTION QUALITY IN PRIMARY EDUCATION WITH SPECIAL EMPHASIS ON GIRLS.

STEPS TAKEN BY THE GOVT: PACE SETTING SCHOOLS: JNV/DISTRICT VOCATIONAL STREAMS FOR HIGH SCHOOL CHILDREN FOR OCCUPATIONAL KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS. PLAN OUTLAYS: I PALN- Rs. 151. CRORE X PLAN- Rs. 43825. CRORES. GDP INCREASED FROM 0. 64 (1951 -52) TO 3. 98 IN 2002 -03 LITERACY RATE INCREASED FROM 18%(1951 -52) TO 65% -2001 LET’S DISCUSS: HAS THE LITERACY RATES OF INDIA INCREASED SINCE 1951? WHY LITERACY RATE IS HIGH AMONG MALES OF INDIA? WHY ARE WOMEN LESS EDUCATED THAN MEN?

MALE 50% > FEMALE URBAN 50% > RURAL DISTRICTS(KERALA) 96 % - 30 % ( MP) PRIMARY SCHOOL SYSTEM EXPANDED TO 5, 000 VILLAGES IN INDIA. RESULTED IN DILUTED BY POOR QUALITY EDUCATION. INCREASED DROP OUT RATES.

SARVA SIKSHA ABHIYAN PROVIDING ELEMENTARY EDUCATION 6 -14 BY 2010 BACK TO SCHOOL CAMPS TO INCREASE THE ENROLEMENT IN ELE. EDUCATION. MID DAY MEAL SYSTEM TO IMPROVE NUTRITIONAL STATUS. X PLAN : INCREASE ENROLEMENT IN HIGHER EDUCATION FOR THE AGE 18 -23 ie. 6 % - 9% END OF XTH PLAN PERIOD.

ACCESS. QUALITY. CURRICULAM MODIFICATION VOCATIONALISATION. USE OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY DISTANT EDUCATION – IT. DISTANT EDUCATION. SIGNIFICANT IMPROVEMENT IN (51 -2000) : NO. OF IT, VOCATIONAL, COLLEGES, UNIVERSITIES, ENROLLMENT OF STUDENTS, RECRUITMENT OF TEACHERS

OUR NATIONAL POLICY AIMED AT ACCESSIBILTY OF HC, FAMILY WELFARE, & NUTRITIONAL SERVICE TO UNDER PREVILAGED POPULATION. OVER 50 YEARS INDIA BUILT UP HEALTH INFRASTRUCTURE IN GOVT. & PRIVATE SECTORS RESULTED IN: IN 2000 - LIFE EXPECTANCY =64 YRS. INF. MOR. RATE -147 DECREASED TO – 75 BIRTH RATE : 26. 1/1000 DEATH RATE : 8. 7/1000

WORK FORCE FROM 15 -59 WITHOUT FINDING A JOB : RURAL: URBAN: SEASONAL & DISGUISED. FRICTIONAL , CYCLICAL, STRUCURAL. LET’S DISCUSS: CAN YOU TELL WHAT ARE THE MAJOR REASONS OF UNEMPLOYMENT IN INDIA? THE RATE OF UNEMPLOYMENT IN INDIA IS LOW OR HIGH? WHY?

UNEMPLOYED IS MORE AMONG GRADUATE, POST GRADUATE THAN MATRICULATES. SURPLUS MANPOWER IN ONE & SHORTAGEIN OTHER. UNEM. IS MORE IN TECHNICALLY QUALIFIED PEOPLE & OTHER SIDE THERE IS DEARTH OF TECHN. SKILLED PEOPLE REQUIRED FOR ECONOMIC GROWTH.

WASTE OF HUMAN RESOURSES INCREASE ECONOMIC OVER LOAD. QUALITY OF LIFE DECREASE TODAY: DECLINE IN HEALTH WITHDRAWEL FROM SCHOOLS. UNEMPLOYMENT RATE IS LOW. POTENTIAL INCOME IS LOW. POOR PEOPLE FIND SOME JOB & LIVE IN BARE SUBSISTENCE. SELF EMPLOYMENT: IN PRIMARY SECTOR AGRICULTURE: MOST LABOUR ABSORBING. SECO. SECTOR: SMALL MANUFACTURING IS LABOUR ABSORBING. TER. SEC. : NEW SERVICES WITH TECHNOLOGY BASED.