Sustainable Development is Next to Impossible Task in India

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It has always been proven that an environment where there is stable administration, social equality, inclusive growth and great opportunities is the best for sustainable development. In fact these are the prerequisites of any sustainable development plan. These qualifications are a distant dream for India.

India is at a stage where it needs to identify the requirements and ensure its availability. These requirements are in the form of resources like fuel, water etc. which today get absorbed at a faster rate pertaining to growing population. Population explosion is the proof of failure in reforms in education and social sector. The country's wealth drains in the midst of expenditure on policies which lack vision and perseverance. The lack of scrutiny on education sector has lead to educated but unskilled manpower, graduated but unaware people. The interference of regional parties in country's politics has lead to an indecisive parliament. Such pot-pouri of parties are of little help.

The country's leaders and citizens follow the democratic way of elections wherein an MLA/MP requires lesser qualifications than the IAS and IPS officer working under him. The minister shows little or no performance to take that apex position as compared to the IAS officer who goes through the rigorous exams and training. This democratic system of India is more of a quantitative rather than a qualitative approach.

There are too many parties, but very few target actual issues. There are numerous policies like Mid-day meal, National Food Security Bill, MGNREGA, JNNURM etc but very few reach their objectives. Recent reports show us negative feedback and reports corruption at all areas. Thousands of projects are stuck in the arduous processes of our system. There are multiple heads for a process and none take responsibility. The incomplete or not started projects grow ten fold in their budget when delayed by 10-15 or more years.

The uneven development,population growth, inept policies and rampant politically favorable decisions hampers blooming of a stable administration. And stable government is the first requirement of sustainable development. An unstable administration also results in neglected socially backward classes which in turn widens the gap between rich and poor, haves and have not.

To change the political system of governance is next to impossible task because then it will mean changing  our very own constitution's instructions. This is only possible when a robust plan comes to action which is again a distant dream for India where a parliament session in the Parliament house in Delhi is synonymous to a fish market and is the most watched comedy video on YouTube.