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India is one of the fastest growing economies in the world. And yet the vast majority
of young people in India still face unacceptable challenges to living healthy and
productive lives, including:
Limited access to health care, and sexual and reproductive health services
Lack of knowledge of HIV prevention and transmission methods
Inadequate nutrition, especially among adolescents
Lack of career guidance, and educational retention
Lack of participation in decision-making processes
Gender disparity in education and employment
In India, we have been working with young people in Tamil Nadu on health issues
such as nutrition, sanitation, HIV and AIDS, and livelihoods since 1985.
Our Youth Empowerment Programme trains young people in rural government schools
and communities to take lead roles in decision-making, to make responsible decisions
about their sexual reproductive health and to improve their livelihood opportunities.
Our Sustainable Livelihoods Programme also addresses sexual and reproductive
health issues as part of a broader view of sustainable livelihoods. In Thandayankottai
village, our Eco Trail project raised environmental awareness and improved the
livelihoods of their tribal community by using forest resources as capital.  This project
was carried out in partnership with the District Forest Department.
In total, we have been able to reach out to more than 100,000 school youth and 250
rural communities in the districts of Vellore, Kancheepuram and Thiruvallur. In all
these districts, we work in close partnership with the District Education and Health
Departments.
We are now on an exciting path of expansion. In our recent strategic review we have
developed a plan to reach all five states in South India by 2015. As part of the
strategy we will expand our capacity building work of other youth-focused
organisations, and also develop an evidence base of youth-led methods for addressing
poverty, HIV and livelihoods for young people.

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India-it’s achievements in 60 years of
independence
The foundation of independence laid before 150
years in 1857, which is described As First War of
Independence got success after 100 long years of
struggle & On 15th August 1947 when a new
Democratic country which has taken over the
attention of the world with it’s principles of Non-
violence & peace & above all had many
challenges before it to stand in the world
scenario. Today we have achieved a milestone by
completing 60 years of independence. It’s now
the time for everyone or every Indian to undergo
self-introspection of the achievements we already
made & also those that are to be still achieved.
While talking of achievements we should have a
look at the challenges that India had at it’s birth.
We had problems of Social, economical, political
etc . Partition of the country had serious
consequences in the entire country. Country was
experiencing violence, communal riots & a
chaotic situation all over. First of all it needed a
major attention to restore peace in the country to
do anything else. On the economic front
Britishers had exploited maximum resources of
our country which is well explained by Dada Bhai
Naoroji in his book titled ” drain of wealth”.
Politically also we had to face many hurdles as
we had no constitution , law of our own . The
other most important thing was to establish a
Democratic set up of Government in the country
which at that time was felt almost impossible with
diversified nature of India. So the country’s
position was no less than a baby learning
walking ,applying all trial & error methods. We
will now examine how Country able to solve the
above problems:
First, the credit of restoring peace in the country
goes to our first Prime minister Pandit Jawaharlal
Nehru , who efficiently tackled this problem by
using media to spread messages of peace & also
deployed Army where the situations were serious.
Second, getting India consolidated was not a
simple task as many Princely states wanted to be
independent but Sardar Vallabhai Patel with his
great abilities able to convince all the States to
join Indian federation which even involved at
times to take up military help. But Patel emerged
triumphant in this task. Third, framing of
constitution, that took long time to get framed
taking into consideration all aspects that suits
India needs , incorporating the aspects needed
for a holistic development of country in all fields
of Social, economical & political. Thus country
emerged as a republican country with it’s own
constitution 7 ruling. Fourthly, at the time of
independence there was a cold war between the
super powers of World & it became a puzzle
before the country as to which side it has to take,
but again Nehru , in view not to take any side
came up with a plan of Non-alignment which set
another example of our peace loving & having
friendly relations with all the countries. Last but
not the least was the domestic social problems of
unemployment, illiteracy, Self-sufficiency,
poverty, poor health, communal disharmony etc
which were all to be dealt with the same urgency.
Achievements:
With all the above mentioned problems India
struggled to make it’s own place in the world.
Now we will have a brief glance at the glimpses of
India’s achievements in various sectors:
Economical:
” Self-reliance : India had to rely on other
countries during the initial years of independence
But with the major importance given to
Agriculture we could able to achieve self-
sufficiency in the agriculture sector. With the
advent of Green Revolution we not only became
self-reliant but also able to export many produce
to different countries. Introduction of modern
machinery, hybrid seeds etc has also contributed
to the progress in this sector.
” Industry:
India has achieved an enormous progress in this
sector From Industrial policy of 1948 to today it’s
been a long journey from extreme reliance on
khadi & village industries to Heavy industries in
all the sectors. The development of this sector is
evident from the inflow of huge FDIs & FIIs in the
country. Today we have industrialists like Azim
Premji, Ambani’s who are competing with the
world no.1 industrialists. Many industries of our
country are getting global recognition.
” Services:
Services is yet another sector which has placed
India & Indian’s & their capabilities before the
advent. Service sector especially with reference to
BPO industry has reached the levels where we
have left all the other countries behind. The
contribution of this sector in GDP is growing day-
by-day.
” Employment :
The growth of Industry & Services sector has
provided for huge employment opportunities to
the youth, thus able to bring down the
unemployment curve downwards. Self
employment schemes like RGSRY, JRY etc have
given new life to many people. Social
” Education :
Education is the backbone of any country’s
development. During the initial years of
independence the percentage of literates were
only 30% approx. Today we have got 65%
literates and that too with enormous progress in
the percentage of women education. Government
has declared it a fundamental right to get free &
compulsory education to all upto 14 years of age
& introduced many schemes like Mid-day meal,
sarva sikhsha abhiyaan etc .
” Women welfare:
The status of women have improved a lot from
just being a synonym for kitchen to the rulers of
our country. Many policies have been introduced
to protect women rights & enhance her dignity &
self respect The amendment Acts of 73rd & 74th
which deals with Panchayats & municipalities
have taken the initiative to provide reservations to
women . It is a sense of pride for India to have a
Women president for the country at it’s 60 years
anniversary, which Many countries including
developed one’s have not yet reached this dignity
of having women as their rulers.
” Weaker sections :
As stated in the preamble of our constitution we
have provided for equality to all in all sectors. We
have declared right to equality as a fundamental
right dealing with Articles 14-18 & have also
provisions in Article 324 for sc’s & st’s. Providing
reservations to the weaker classes made them to
take up various activities in Government sectors
& thus improved their life conditions to
significant levels.
” Infrastructure: Roads, Railways,
Communication systems have made significant
progress in these 60 years. We have now able to
connect several villages by road network . Golden
Quadrilateral connecting all the four metropolis
is a major project undertaken . Railways being the
common man transport making profits &
spreading all over the country connecting all the
villages. Aviation & communication have also
been on the lines of progress.
” Science & technology: From Aryabhatta in
1970s we have achieved a distinguished position
in the space technology , by launching several
GSLVs, PSLVs, & Insat series vehicles which in
turn have contributed for communication
development of the country.In the field of
medicine several vaccines been introduced to
cure diseases & thus increased the average life
expectancy of a person. Achievement in the IT
sector with principle centres of Bengaluru &
Hyderabad have made India a important hub of
the world will be no exaggeration.
” Art , Sports : In the area of sports we have
created several records. We have sports persons
like Sania mirza, Rajya vardhan singh rathode ,
Pankaj Advani, Anju B.George etc who have won
several titles internationally. In the field of art
Indian cinema is considered to be the huge
industry which produces more than 5000 movies
Political :
” Bilateral relations : India has good relations
with all the countries of the world. India has
always been a supporter of Peace & cooperation.
During the initial years of independence there
was a cold war between the then super powers
USSR & USA. India cleared on it’s side that her
motive is not be part of any of the super
powers , , Instead to have good relations with all.
The result is the existence of Non Alignment
group formed by the then prime minister of the
country Nehru. India has improved it’s relations
even with our neighbour countries like Pakistan &
china with whom we had wars earlier.
Optimistically we may resolve all the issues soon.
We have signed CECA with Singapore & soon will
sign with Malaysia too & to be finalized Us nuke
deal are big achievements for India.
” Aid to other countries : Apart from working on
our own development India is aiding several
countries in their development too. For eg.. India
is aiding 53 Pan African countries in the areas of
education & health , India also provided funds to
several countries five year plans like Nepal etc. So
from being a support receiver we have now
become a support provider for many countries
which in itself mention the development of the
country.
” People’s participation : With the increased
education levels among people , their
participation , involvement & response to actions
of government have increased thus
by dilpreet Singh

some speciallity of the india

Q. Who is the GM of Hewlett Packard (hp) ?

A. Rajiv Gupta

Q. Who is the creator of Pentium chip (needs no introduction as 90% of the today’s computers run on it)?

A. Vinod Dahm

Q. Who is the third richest man on the world?

A. According to the latest report on Fortune Magazine, it is Azim Premji, who is the CEO of Wipro Industries. The Sultan of Brunei is at 6th position now.

Q. Who is the founder and creator of Hotmail (Hotmail is world’s No.1 web-based email program)?

A. Sabeer Bhatia

Q. Who is the president of AT & T-Bell Labs (AT & T-Bell Labs is the creator of program languages such as C, C++, Unix to name a few)?

A. Arun Netravalli

Q. Who is the new MTD (Microsoft Testing Director) of Windows 2000, responsible to iron out all initial problems?

A. Sanjay Tejwrika

Q. Who are the Chief Executives of Citibank, Mckinsey & Stanchart?

A. Victor Menezes, Rajat Gupta, and Rana Talwar.

Q. We Indians are the wealthiest among all ethnic groups in America, even faring better than the whites and the natives.

There are 3.22 million Indians in the USA (1.5% of population).

YET, 38% of doctors in USA are Indians.

12% scientists in USA are Indians.

36% of NASA scientists are Indians.

34% of Microsoft employees are Indians.

28% of IBM employees are Indians.

17% of INTEL scientists are Indians.

13% of XEROX employees are! Indians.

Some of the following facts may be known to you. These facts were recently published in a German magazine, which deals with WORLD HISTORY FACTS ABOUT INDIA.

1. India never invaded any country in her last 1000 years of history.

2. India invented the Number system. Zero was invented by Aryabhatta.

3. The world’s first University was established in Takshila in 700BC. More than 10,500 students from all over the world studied more than 60 subjects. The University of Nalanda built in the 4 th century BC was one of the greatest achievements of ancient India in the field of education.

4. According to the Forbes magazine, Sanskrit is the most suitable language for computer software.

5. Ayurveda is the earliest school of medicine known to humans.

6. Although western media portray modern images of India as poverty-stricken and underdeveloped through political corruption, India was once the richest empire on earth.

7. The art of navigation was born in the river Sindh 5000 years ago. The very word "Navigation" is derived from the Sanskrit word NAVGATIH. 

8. The value of pi was first calculated by Budhayana, and he explained the concept of what is now known as the Pythagorean Theorem. British scholars have last year (1999) officially published that Budhayan’s works dates to the 6 th Century which is long before the European mathematicians.

9. Algebra, trigonometry and calculus came from India. Quadratic equations were by Sridharacharya in the 11 th Century; the largest numbers the Greeks and the Romans used were 106 whereas Indians used numbers as big as 10 53.

10. According to the Gemmological Institute of America, up until 1896, India was the only source of diamonds to the world.

11. USA based IEEE has proved what has been a century-old suspicion amongst academics that the pioneer of wireless communication was Professor Jagdeesh Bose and not Marconi.

12. The earliest reservoir and dam for irrigation was built in Saurashtra.

13. Chess was invented in India .

14. Sushruta is the father of surgery. 2600 years ago he and health scientists of his time conducted surgeries like cesareans, cataract, fractures and urinary stones. Usage of anaesthesia was well known in ancient India .

15. When many cultures in the world were only nomadic forest-dwellers over 5000 years ago, Indians established Harappan culture in Sindhu Valley (Indus Valley Civilization).

16. The place value system, the decimal system was developed in India in 100 BC.

India Is Losing the Race

As recently as 2006, when I first
visited India and China, the
economic race was on, with heavy
bets being placed on which one
would win the developing world
sweepstakes.
Many Westerners fervently hoped
that a democratic country would
triumph economically over an
autocratic regime.
Now the contest is emphatically
over. China has lunged into the
21st century, while India is still
lurching toward it.
That's evident not just in columns
of dry statistics but in the rhythm
and sensibility of each country.
While China often seems to
eradicate its past as it single-
mindedly constructs its future,
India nibbles more judiciously at
its complex history.
Visits to crowded Indian urban
centers unleash sensory assaults:
colorful dress and lilting chatter
provide a backdrop to every
manner of commerce, from small
shops to peddlers to beggars. That
makes for engaging tourism, but
not the fastest economic
development. In contrast to China's
full-throated, monochromatic
embrace of large-scale
manufacturing, India more closely
resembles a nation of shopkeepers.
To be sure, India has achieved
enviable success in business
services, like the glistening call
centers in Bangalore and
elsewhere. But in the global
jousting for manufacturing jobs,
India does not get its share.
Now, after years of rocketing
growth, China's gross domestic
product per capita of $9,146 is
more than twice India's. And its
economy grew by 7.7 percent in
2012, while India expanded at a
(hardly shabby) 5.3 percent rate.
China's investment rate of 48
percent of G.D.P. - a key metric for
development - also exceeded
India's. At 36 percent, India's
number is robust, particularly in
comparison with Western
countries. But the impact of that
spending can be hard to discern;
on a recent 12-day visit to India,
not many rupees appeared to have
been lavished on Mumbai's
glorious Victoria Terminus, also
known as Chhatrapati Shivaji
Terminus, since it was constructed
in the 1880s. Parts of Mumbai's
recently built financial district -
Bandra Kurla Complex - already
look aged, perhaps because of
cheap construction or poor
maintenance or both. It's hardly a
serious competitor to Shanghai's
shiny Pudong.
China has 16 subway systems to
India's 5. As China builds a
superhighway to Tibet, Indian
drivers battle potholed roads that
they share with every manner of
vehicle and live animal. India's
electrical grid is still largely
government controlled, which
helped contribute to a disastrous
blackout last summer that affected
more than 600 million people.
Yet Morgan Stanley stands
resolutely behind its 2010
prediction that India will be
growing faster than China by the
middle of this decade.
It isn't going to happen, India's
better demographics
notwithstanding.
For one thing, many of India's
youths are unskilled and work as
peddlers or not at all. For another,
despite all the reforms instituted
by India since its move away from
socialism in 1991, much more
would have to change. Corruption,
inefficiency, restrictive trade
practices and labor laws have to be
addressed.
Democratic it may be, but India's
ability to govern is compromised
by suffocating bureaucracy, regular
arm-wrestling with states over
prerogatives like taxation and
deeply embedded property rights
that make implementing China-
scale development projects
impossible. Unable to modernize
its horribly congested cities,
India's population has remained
more rural than China's, further
depressing growth.
"China" and "corruption" may be
almost synonymous to many, but
India was ranked even worse in
corruption in Transparency
International's annual Corruption
Perceptions Index . At its best, the
Indian justice system - a British
legacy - grinds exceptionally
slowly.
To be sure, summary executions
don't occur in India, and its legal
system is more transparent and
rule-based than China's. But a
recent visit coincided with the
tragic gang rape of a young Indian
woman that led to her death; the
government's ham-handed initial
response was to ban protesters
from assembling and impound
vans with tinted windows like the
one in which she was abducted.
India's rigid social structure limits
intergenerational economic
mobility and fosters acceptance of
vast wealth disparities. In Mumbai,
where more than half the
population lives in slums often
devoid of electricity or running
water, Mukesh Ambani spent a
reported $1 billion to construct a
27-story home in a residential
neighborhood.
Don't get me wrong - I am hardly
advocating totalitarian government.
But we need to recognize that
success for developing countries is
about more than free elections.
While India may not have the
same "eye on the prize" so evident
in China, it should finish a
respectable second in the
developing world sweepstakes. It
just won't beat China.
by new York times

Indian Railways to become environment- friendly, developing LNG-powered locomotives

In a move to make the railways
environment-friendly, the Indian
Railways are working on developing a
locomotive prototype that can run on
liquefied natural gas (LNG), Railway
Minister Mallikarjun Kharge said on
Thursday.
Inaugurating the 10th edition of the
International Rail Exhibition and
Conference organized by the
Confederation of Indian Industry (CII)
here, Kharge said an Indian
manufacturer has set up a joint venture
with a foreign firm for design and
development of the system under the
overall supervision of the railway
ministry's Research Design and Standard
Organization (RDSO).
According to a railway official, it plans
to build another 20 LNG-based
locomotives, once the prototype is
successfully field-tested.
The Indian Railways estimate upto 50
percent reduction in operating costs
with LNG-based locomotives.
Indian Railways' current fleet of
locomotives are mostly based on diesel
and electricity. Diesel prices have been
rising lately due to increasing prices of
crude oil and the depreciation of the
rupee compared to the US dollar.
Estimates of India's gas reserves indicate
that the country has around 1,240
billion cubic metres (bcm) of
conventional gas, 7,465 bcm of
recoverable shale gas and about 1,890
trillion cubic metres of gas hydrates.

Opinion of Abdul kalam in the Indian express about India

Former President A P J Abdul Kalam today
asked children to fight against all odds to
become unique in the society as every child
has tremendous potential to become one.
He asked children to set a goal and find a
mentor as the first step of their endeavour
and strive hard with perseverance to gain
knowledge.
"Every child has tremendous potential to
become unique and they should fight
hardest against till they achieve it," Kalam
told a gathering of children at Summer
Fiesta organised by National Bal Bhawan
(NBB) here.
Summer Fiesta is organised every year by
NBB during which children from every
strata gather to participate in creative
activities. Noted personalities are invited to
interact with the children.
Terming small aim as "crime", Kalam said
mantra of gaining knowledge is a
combination of "creativity, righteousness
in heart and courage".
The participants also asked the former
President a wide range of questions, from
rocket science to his vision about India
being superpower in 2020.
Replying to a question about his 'Vision
2020' and taking into account the present
situation of the country, Kalam said, "For
2020, we have seven years in hand. If our
economy grows by seven to eight per cent
(which presently is five to six per cent),
then there is possibility to achieve that
goal."
On how he spends time after leaving
Rastrapati Bhavan, Kalam said, "I am
working on a project - Providing Urban
Amenities to Rural Areas (PURA) - which
would help six lakh villages of India.
PURA proposes that urban infrastructure
and services be provided in rural hubs to
create economic opportunities outside of
cities."

Opinion of great people about India

" It is already becoming clearer that a
chapter which has a western beginning will
have to have an Indian ending if it is not to
end in the self-destruction of the human
race... At this supremely dangerous moment
in history the only way of salvation for
mankind is the Indian Way. "
- Dr. Arnold Toynbee ( British Historian :
1889-1975 )
India Quotes
"Many of the advances in the sciences that
we consider today to have been made in
Europe were in fact made in India centuries
ago."
- Grant Duff ( British Historian of India )
"India was China's teacher in religion and
imaginative literature, and the world's teacher
in trignometry, quandratic equations,
grammar, phonetics, Arabian Nights, animal
fables, chess, as well as in philosophy, and
that she inspired Boccaccio, Goethe, Herder,
Schopenhauer, Emerson, and probably also
old Aesop."
- Lin Yutang (1895-1976) author of The
Wisdom of China and India.
"In the great teaching of the Vedas, there is
no touch of sectarianism. It is of all ages,
climes and nationalities and is the royal road
for the attainment of the Great Knowledge "
-Thoreau ( American Thinker )
" When I read the Bhagavat-Gita and reflect
about how God created this universe
everything else seems so superfluous.We owe
a lot to Indians who taught us how to count,
without which no worthwhile scientific
discovery could have been made"
-Albert Einstein, (1879-1955) physicist. In
1905 He published his theory of Relativity.
" The Indian way of life provides the vision of
the natural, real way of life. We veil ourselves
with unnatural masks. On the face of India
are the tender expressions which carry the
mark of the Creators hand. "
- George Bernard Shaw ( Famous British
Author )
" It is, indeed, a remarkable circumstance
that when Western civilization discovers
Relativity it applies it to the manufacture of
atom-bombs, whereas Indian civilization
applies it to the development of new states of
consciousness."
--Anonymous.
" From every sentence (of the Upanishads)
deep, original and sublime thoughts arise,
and the whole is pervaded by a high and holy
and earnest spirit...."In the whole world there
is no study so beneficial and so elevating as
that of the Upanishads. They are destined
sooner or later to become the faith of the
people."
-- Arthur Schopenhauer (1788-1860) German
philosopher and writer. He was one of the
greatest philosophers of the 19th century.
"India of the ages is not dead nor has she
spoken her last creative word; she lives and
has still something to do for herself and the
human peoples."
- Rishi Aurobindo
" When I read the Upanishads, I found a
profundity of world view that made my
Christianity seem like third grade."
- Huston Smith ( born in China to Methodist
missionaries, a philosopher, most eloquent
writer, world-famous religion scholar who
practices Hatha Yoga. Has taught at MIT and
is currently visiting professor at Univ. of
California at Berkley )
"India of the Vedas entertained a respect for
women amounting to worship; a fact which
we seem little to suspect in Europe when we
accuse the extreme East of having denied the
dignity of woman, and of having only made
her an instrument of pleasure and of passive
obedience.What! here is a civilization, which
you cannot deny to be older than your own,
which places the woman on a level with the
man and gives her an equal place in the
family and in society."