"It is clear that what we set out to achieve in 1947 in terms of making India a strong, modern and prosperous state is still a work in progress and much more needs to be done," he said.
He pointed out that poverty, inequality and unemployment remained the major obstacles to the country's development aspirations. He cited official figures to state that despite the gains of the last six decades, 29.8% of the population or 354.60 million people were estimated to be living below the poverty line in 2009-2010. This even as the top 10% of the income groups earned 33% of the income.
"While official unemployment figures may appear to be low, the real challenge is of ameliorating rampant under-employment and low productivity particularly in the informal sector of the economy where around 90% of the workforce is employed," he pointed out.
He also touched upon other national scourges including illiteracy, disease, malnutrition, infant mortality, declining child sex ratio and homelessness where indicators were "less than comforting". This he said was further compounded by the inequalities of gender, caste, religion, state and even rural-urban disparities.
He proposed that improving the quality of governance and delivery was a pre-requisite for changing any of these indicators. "For this purpose, reforms in the vital areas such as judiciary, police, electoral system, anti-corruption laws, environmental laws, education system etc are imperative," he noted.
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