Article "the evolution of India".

The evolution of India 

India is changing, and is becoming a powerful country.

India is an emerging country and the second most populous country.

How became India a developed country ?

Are all the citizens on an equal footing in India?

First of all, the development of high tech cities with western type building shows the modern part of India. We notice that western Europeans are used to see these kind of buildings but not the Indians. It also shows the rich part of India where you can make business and money.

India is now one of the most important countries in the world. In fact, the Indian economy is the 10th in the world global nominal domestic product (GDP).

The Indian economy is also developing fast due to Muhammad Yunus, who developed the concept of micro-finance whereby small loans are given to poor entrepreneurs financially unable to secure traditional bank loans. Thanks to this concept the industry has been growing up at 70% annually the past five years. Micro credit was an important initiative dedicated to women. The government encouraged those women to improve their daily lives. 

India has a cast system which divides the society in four social classes.

Dalits are in the lowest social classes. They are the poorest people in India, they live with less than 2 dollars a day.

This cast system shows that not all Indian people are on an equal footing. There are huge inequalities between very poor and very rich people.

Secondly, India is a country with inequalities between women and men.

Girls are banned from their family as boys are financially far more attractive than girls. In India there are more boys, 50 M girls missing in only three generations. Many parents don't want to have a daughter.

Girls have also less access to education than boys.

To conclude, India is a country of contrast and inequalities, her citizens are not on an equal footing, but today there is an evolution in the India society and economy.

                                                UK Weekly, October 17th 2016, Juliette Schlatmann

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