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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