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Why India can't be a knowledge economy
by PRABHAKAR B.V. on Nov 11, 2006 03:36 PM

There is a lot of hype about India becoming a knowledge economy, global workshop, economic superpower, third largest economy by 2030 etc.,.
My observations are :
1) Whatever international attention we got (rightly or wrongly) was mainly due to success in IT sector.
2) Our politicians (who hv done little or nothing towards this success) started capitalising on this international attention and play upon it for votes
3) We forget that IT sector success cannot be sustained unless :
a) we improve infrastructure like roads, bridges,ports etc., (just see the pathetic condition of roads especially during rainy season in almost all cities including big cities like Mumbai , Bangalore or Chennai)
b)train the people to have the right skills on massive scale for meeting the ambitious targets for BPO/KPO
c) keep away from TRADE UNIONS (remember the bid from COMMUNISTS to pump in TRADE UNIONS)
d) keep jealous politicians like DEVE GOWDA from criticising the succesful IT greats like Narayanamurthy.
4)There is no concentration on Key sector : Agriculture. & Village economy.This could result in discord between Rural & urban population and can even result in civil war








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