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India ranked 103rd in WEF’s Global Human Capital Index, lowest among BRICS nations
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While Prime Minister Narendra Modi talks about capitalizing on India’s demographic dividend and bringing labour reforms, WEF report shows how country fails on most parameters
Prime Minister Narendra Modi may never fail to mention India’s massive demographic dividend and his efforts at capitalizing on it to boost the country’s economy, but a recent report by the World Economic Forum (WEF) shows how the country seems to be failing its teeming millions – a majority of them young, restless and in a continued search of employment prospects.
The new Global Human Capital Index released by the WEF on Wednesday places India at an appalling 103rd position among 130 countries – the lowest rank among the BRICS nations and the elite G20 grouping. India, with its massive population of over 1.2 billion, is only slightly ahead of its neighbours Bangladesh and Pakistan which have been placed at the 111th and 125th positions.
The Global Human Capital Index 2017 ranks countries on how they are developing their human capital on a scale from 0 (worst) to 100 (best). These rankings are calculated based on a country’s performance on four basic parameters – capacity, deployment, development, and know-how and takes into account five age groups for this computation – 0-14 years; 15-24 years; 25-54 years; 55-64 years; and 65 years and over.
India also ranks “among the lowest in the world” when it comes to the employment gender gap. However, what Prime Minister Modi and his government can take solace is in the fact that the country has fared well on the score of development of skills needed for the future, ranking 65 on the list of 130 countries surveyed.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi
Modi has been emphasising on the importance of skill development and only recently when he reshuffled his council of ministers, the Prime Minister had dropped Rajiv Pratap Rudy, who held the portfolio of skills development minister, apparently because of his poor performance. The portfolio was given to Piyush Goyal, a minister Modi seems to have great faith in. It is a different matter though that the WEF report would have been collated based on facts and figures that were from the time when Rudy was Union minister for Skills Development – the only parameter where the country seems to have performed mildly better in the Global Human Capital Index.
The Modi government may, however, claim that its stint hasn’t destroyed the country’s demographic dividend altogether – though it has evidently not done anything substantial to tap into it either – as India registered a two-slot rise this year, finishing at the 103rd rank in place of last year’s 105th.
The index is led by Scandinavian nations Norway, Finland and Switzerland, followed by large, developed economies such as the US and Germany. In South Asia, the race is led by Sri Lanka at rank 70 and Nepal at 98 – both ahead of India despite being smaller economies with lesser population.
Education – an area which seems to be getting the Centre’s attention only to the extent of re-writing history books with an aim of deleting references to the country’s first Prime Minister Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru or the influence of Mughal/Muslim rulers of the country – is also where the country has performed abysmally. India ranks 110th in primary education attainment among 25-54 age group. The country also stood a poor 111th in vocation education enrolment rate and humiliating 120th in medium-skilled employment.
While the Modi government has been talking about labour reforms, the index places India at rank 118 on the score of labour force participation in the 25-54 age group. However, the most dubious distinction for the country is that it ranks dead last across all age groups in the employment gender gap.
Citing the factors because of which India failed to tap its human capital, WEF said, “India is held back by a number of factors, including low educational attainment and low deployment of its human capital, meaning the skills available are not getting put to good use.”
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Video: PM Modi, CM Yogi attend cultural event at Rudraksh International Cooperation and Convention Centre in Varanasi
Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath attended a cultural event at Rudraksh International Cooperation and Convention Centre in Varanasi.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Saturday evening attended a cultural event at Rudraksh International Cooperation and Convention Centre in Varanasi.
After laying the foundation stone of the International Cricket Stadium in Varanasi’s Ganjari, PM Modi and CM Yogi attended the cultural event where the artists were performing to celebrate the evening.
At the occasion of the International Cricket Stadium, the cricket fraternities were also witnessed including big names like Sachin Tendulkar, Kapil Dev, Ravi Shastri, Sunil Gavaskar, Dilip Vengsarkar, Madan Lal, Gundappa Viswanath, and Gopal Sharma.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi and UP CM Yogi Adityanath also interacted with school students after inaugurating the 16 Atal Awasiya Vidyalaya in Varanasi.
To provide the best quality education, 16 Atal Awasiya Vidyalaya, which is basically built for the children of labourers, construction workers and those orphaned due to the Covid-19 pandemic, was also inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi today. The project has been developed at the cost of Rs 1,100 crore with an aim to make quality education accessible for these children and support their holistic development.
Every school under this scheme has been constructed in an area of 10-15 acres with a classroom, recreational area, sports grounds, mess, a mini auditorium, hotel complex, and residential flats for the staff members. Such facilities will help children get quality education.
Addressing the event in Varanasi, PM Modi said that the portal of ‘Kashi Sansad Khel Pratiyogita’ was also launched. This is the beginning of new legacies in Kashi, he added.
PM Modi further added by saying even today, people from across the world come to Kashi to learn Sanskrit. Keeping that in mind, we inaugurated ‘Atal Awasiya Vidyalayas’ today, built at a cost of about Rs 1,100 crore, the Prime Minister said.
He also interacted with the people who helped in making the G20 Summit successful. PM Modi was listening to the concerns of people who served to achieve the successful completion of the G20 Summit.
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ABVP wins 3 seats in Delhi University elections, NSUI bags Vice President post
ABVP won three out of four seats in Delhi University elections.
Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) won three out of four seats in Delhi University elections.
The University of Delhi on Saturday announced the Delhi University Students Union (DUSU) election results. Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) won three out of four central panel posts in the elections while the National Students Union (NSUI) bagged the Vice-President Post.
Tushar Dedha from the ABVP has secured the President post whereas the Vice President post has been won by Abhi Dahiya of NSUI. Aparajita, an ABVP candidate won the Secretary post in the DUSU elections. Sachin Baisla from ABVP has won the panel post of Joint Secretary.
ABVP supporters celebrated the win as their organisation won three central panel posts in Delhi University Students Union (DUSU) elections.
The DUSU election was held on September 22. There were 24 candidates in the race for the four central panel posts.
The elections were conducted through EVMs at 52 colleges and departments for the four posts. The paper ballot was used for the college union elections. The total turnout of voters was 42 percent.
The vote sharing in the Delhi University Student Union elections was quite surprising. The ABVP candidate for the President post Tushar Dedha got 23,460 votes while Hitesh Gulia, an opponent candidate from NSUI received a total of 20,345 votes for the President post.
For the post of Vice President, NSUI’s candidate Abhi Dahiya surpassed ABVP’s Sushant Dhankhar with 22,331 votes meanwhile ABVP candidate got 20,502 votes for the post.
Arpita from ABVP got a total of 24,534 votes while NSUI’s candidate Yakshna Sharma received 11,597 votes for the post of Secretary in the DUSU elections.
The Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad candidate won the seat with a total of 24,955 votes meanwhile candidate from the National Students Union Shubham Kumar got 14,960 votes in the elections.
After a big win of the ABVP candidates on three seats of the central panel, the Minister of State for Railways and Textiles Darshana Jadosh extended her congratulations to the right-wing allies for their victory in the DUSU elections.
The Bharatiya Janata Party President, JP Nadda extended his congratulations to the ABVP for their victory in the DUSU elections.
Inspired by the ideals of Swami Vivekananda, ABVP has always kindled a flame of nationalism and selfless service in the hearts of our youth, the BJP President said. He congratulated all the Karyakartas of ABVP for their emphatic victory in Delhi University Elections 2023. This triumph shows the ubiquitous acceptance of the ideology of ‘nation first’ among our young generation, who will shape our nation’s tomorrow, Nadda added.
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PM Modi lays foundation stone of International Cricket Stadium in Varanasi, Sachin Tendulkar, Kapil Dev, others present on occasion
Sachin Tendulkar, Kapil Dev, Ravi Shastri among others were present on the occasion.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on September 23 laid the foundation stone of the International Cricket Stadium in Varanasi’s Ganjari, Uttar Pradesh.
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath was present for the occasion in Varanasi.
Varanasi, PM Modi’s parliamentary constituency also witnessed big names from the cricket fraternity on the occasion. The names include Sachin Tendulkar, Kapil Dev, Ravi Shastri, Sunil Gavaskar, Dilip Vengsarkar, Madan Lal, Gundappa Viswanath, and Gopal Sharma.
Roger Binny, BCCI President and Vice President Rajiv Shukla and Secretary Jay Shah were also present for the event in eastern Uttar Pradesh.
Sachin Tendulkar also visited religious places in Varanasi. Take a look.
PM Modi also reached Rudraksh International Cooperation and Convention Centre where he participated in the closing ceremony of Kashi Sansad Sanskritik Mahotsav 2023.
PM Modi also inaugurated 16 Atal Awasiya Vidyalaya built across Uttar Pradesh, during the programme.
The Varanasi International Cricket Stadium is a step towards realising PM Modi’s vision to develop a modern and world-class sports infrastructure.
As per the reports, the International Cricket Stadium will be built in Ganjari, Rajatalab. This will be developed at the cost of Rs 450 crore and will be in more than 30 acres of area.
It has been revealed that the world-class stadium will take inspiration from Lord Shiva for its thematic architecture. The designs will be developed for crescent-shaped roof covers, trident-shaped floodlights and ghat steps-based seating arrangements for the attendees.
According to the government statement, the total capacity of the stadium to accommodate people will be 30,000 spectators.
To provide the best quality education, 16 Atal Awasiya Vidyalaya, which is basically built for the children of labourers, construction workers and those orphaned due to the Covid-19 pandemic, was also inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi today. The project has been developed at the cost of Rs 1,100 crore with an aim to make quality education accessible for these children and support their holistic development.
