India 2020Presented by :

Goel & Company

Ludhiana

Where the mind is without fear and the head is held high

Where knowledge is free

Where the world has not been broken up into fragments

Where words come out from the depth of truth

Where the clear stream of reason has not lost its way

Agenda

India At a Glance

Education & Healthcare

Agriculture

Infrastructure

Critical Technologies

Information & Communication Technology

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India at a GlanceGEOGRAPHY• India occupies a major portion of the south Asian subcontinent• Area 3.3 Million sq. km• 28 States and 7 Union Territories

PEOPLE• India's population, as on 1 March 2011 stood at 1,210,193,422 (623.7 million males and

586.4 million females)• There are 22 different languages that have been recognized by the Constitution of India• Hindus constituted the majority with 80.5%, Muslims came second at 13.4%, followed

by Christians, Sikhs, Buddhists, Jains, and others

GOVERNMENT• Secular Democratic Republic with a Parliamentary system of Government

NATIONAL DAYS• 26th January (Republic Day)• 15th August (Independence Day)• 2nd October (Gandhi Jayanti; Mahatma Gandhi's Birthday)

Source : Government of India Website

Education and Healthcare

• Better Sanitary conditions in villages

• Clean Drinking Water for all

• Eradication of Illiteracy 

• Provision of social security

• Health for all

Agriculture

• Agriculture to become a significant contributor of India’s GDP

• India self sufficient in all agricultural products

• Improvements in agricultural implements, machinery, plastics, water technologies, agrochemicals and fertilizers

• Food Security for all

Infrastructure

Housing for all with urban amenities in rural areas

Interlining of rivers

Better road infrastructure

24x7 power for all

Clean generation of Power (Solar Wind)

Critical Technologies

India to witness growth in nuclear technology, space technology and defence technology

Information and Communication Technology

• India to become the Information Technology capital of world• Use of Information Technology within India for tele-education, tele-

medicine and e-governance

Thank You !!

 "We owe a lot to the Indians, who taught us how to count, without which no worthwhile scientific discovery could have been made.“ ~ Albert Einstein

 "India is, the cradle of the human race, the birthplace of human speech, the mother of history, the grandmother of legend, and the great grand mother of tradition. our most valuable and most instructive materials in the history of man are treasured up in India only.“ ~ Mark Twain

 "There is no book in the world that is so thrilling, stirring and inspiring as the Upanishads.“ ~ Max Muller, German Scholar