I agree with all the above. But to these I will add:
10. Increase investments in primary and secondar education by 500-1000%. I am not joking -- the percentage of our GDP that the government spends on primary education is very low compared to other countries. This would involve raising teachers salaries considerably. The NCERT said yesterday that nonone wants to be a teacher these days.
11. Increase investment in public health. We should shift the emphasis from training doctors who then refuse to leave urban areas, to training a much larger number of publich health workers with roots in rural areas, who can deliver basic services including some requiring basic surgical skills.
