President Kalam's mantra for national prosperity

Following is an extract from the Indian President Kalam’s Republic Day speech echoing the same concerns I raised in the blog India in the year 2020

The complete text of President A P J Abdul Kalam's address to the nation on the eve of the country's 56th Republic Day is available in this UR : http://us.rediff.com/news/2005/jan/25prez.htm

To find out more about this, read more in my blog The Land of Vedas / Indian President Kalam’s mantra for national prosperity

India in the year 2020

India's foreign reserve is around $131 (as of Jan-1, 2005) billion dollars. However, what is disturbing is our GDP and Labor force distribution.

GDP¹ (Gross Domestic Product) Distribution.

- 25% is from Agriculture

- 30% is from Industry (of which 19% is manufacturing)
- 45% is from Services & Information Technology

Labor Force: 470 million

Labor Force Distribution

- 60% Agriculture
- 23% Industry
- 17% Services & Information Technology

To find out more about this, read more in my blog The Land of Vedas / India in the year 2020