“A decade ago, critics suggested biotech crops would not be valuable in the developing world. Now 90 percent of farmers who benefit are resource-poor farmers in developing countries. These helped alleviate 7.7 million subsistence farmers in China, India, South Africa, the Philippines from abject poverty.” WorldCountryPoorPovertyMillionsBenefitsPercentResourcesIndiaSouthCriticsChinaValuableDecadesDevelopingFarmersSouth AfricaCropsPhilippinesAlleviateDeveloping CountriesSubsistenceBiotech Author:Clive James
“Good roads, good houses, adequate electricity, good schools or good hospitals in the village are indeed, the parameters of progress. However, in my view, 100 percent literate village is the true symbol of real progress.” RealSchoolHouseViewsEducationProgressPercentIndiaSymbolsHospitalsVillageElectricityAdequateParametersGood School Author:Narendra Modi
“Indian manufacturing is constrained in its growth by the fact that it just can't ship goods in and out fast enough to compete with Chinese delivery time. India needs to really focus on this aspect if it is going to grow at anything above 7 percent.” IfsNeedsEnoughFactsGrowsGrowthFocusPercentAspectIndiaShipsChineseIndianGoodsManufacturingDelivery Author:Arjuna Mahendran
“India has over 20 percent of the kids born in the world. And they move around a lot.” WorldKidsMovingBornPercentIndia Author:Bill Gates
“Researchers have been asking a basic question of young people. Should men be allowed to beat their wives? How you answer that question may depend on where you live. U.N. researchers put that question to adolescent girls in India and Pakistan and 53 percent - a majority of girls - said yes, wife beating is justifiable even if it's for refusing sex.” PeopleIfsMenShouldMayHas BeensSaidYoungGirlSexAnswersWifeDependsBeatsPercentIndiaAskingMajorityPakistanResearchersWhere You LiveIndia And PakistanWife Beating Author:Steve Inskeep
“China is building cities for a 20 to 40 percent increase in population. India is quickly growing. The carbon footprints of that and other development around the world are overwhelming.” WorldCitiesGrowingBuildingDevelopmentPercentIndiaIncreasePopulationChinaAround The WorldOverwhelmingCarbonFootprintCarbon Footprint Author:Frank Gehry
“70 percent of India's imports of oil and oil products are imported from abroad. There is uncertainty about supply. There is uncertainty about prices. And that hurts India's development.” HurtProductsDevelopmentPercentIndiaOilUncertaintyImports Author:Manmohan Singh
“Even in areas like the most depressed region of India in terms of female education, namely Rajasthan, which has [one of] the lowest female literacy [rates] in India. Even there, 80 to 90 percent of the parents would like their girls to go to school. And indeed, about 80 percent would like them to be made compulsory.” MadeSchoolGirlParentTermPercentAreasFemaleIndiaRateRegionsLowestLiteracyCompulsoryFemale Education Author:Amartya Sen
“I did not particularly enjoy modeling. I felt I was only utilizing 10 or 20 percent of my abilities. In India, it's just another job.” JobsFeltEnjoyAbilityPercentIndiaModelingUtilizing Author:Freida Pinto
“Contrasting sharply, in the developing countries represented by India, Pakistan, and most of the countries in Asia and Africa, seventy to eighty percent of the population is engaged in agriculture, mostly at the subsistence level.” CountryLevelsPercentIndiaPopulationDevelopingEngagedAgricultureAsiaPakistanSeventiesEightyDeveloping CountriesSubsistenceIndia Pakistan Author:Norman Borlaug