INCOME AND OTHER CRITERIA

INCOME AND OTHER CRITERIA

When we looked at individual aspirations and goals, we found that people not only think of better income but also have goals such as ……………………………………………………………… in mind.

Similarly, when we think of a nation or a region, we may, besides …………………………., think of other equally important attributes.

What could these attributes be?

Let us examine this through an example.

Table 1.3 gives the per capita income of ……………………………….

Actually, these figures are of …………………………………………………………….

Let us ignore what this complicated term exactly means.

Roughly, we can take it to be ………………………………………….

We find that of the three, …………………………… has the highest per capita income and ……………….. is at the bottom.

This means that, on an average, a person in Haryana earned …………………….. whereas, on an average, a person in Bihar earned only around …………………………….

So, if per capita income were to be used as ……………………………, ………………………. will be considered the most developed and ……………… the least developed state of the three.

Now, let us look at certain other data pertaining to these states given in Table 1.4.

What does this table show?

The first column of the table shows that in Kerala, out of 1000 children born, ……………………….. but in Haryana the proportion of children dying within one year of birth was ………….., which is ……………………………………..

On the other hand, the per capita income of Haryana is ………………………………… as shown in Table 1.3.

Just think of how dear you are to your parents, think of how every one is so happy when a child is born.

Now, try to think of parents whose children die before they even celebrate their first birthday.

How painful it must be to these parents?

Next, note the year to which this data pertains.

It is 2017.

So we are not talking of old times; it is 70 years after independence when our metro cities are full of high rise buildings and shopping malls!

The problem does not end with ……………………………….

The last column of table 1.4 shows …………………………….. in Bihar are not attending school beyond Class 8.

This means that if you went to school in Bihar nearly half of your elementary class would be missing.

Those who could have been in school are not there!

If this had happened to you, you would not be able to read what you are reading now.