Migration is the movement of humans from one area to another. Due to several reasons (mostly economic) people from rural areas have been migrating to prosperous urban regions. Does this migration help Indian economy? Destination : The impact of migration on one hand is a burden on the urban infrastructure but on the other hand helps the urban economy to grow by providing cheaper labour. Source : The migration of workers should hence reduce the labour available in the rural India. This should impact agriculture and allied industries. This is not always the case. There is a positive side to this migration which has started to play out. Some of the farmers have started using machinery in agriculture. Farmers have reported huge savings compared to using labour for the same job. The future of farming is going to change gradually – agriculture becoming capital intensive from labour intensive, consolidation of farm lands and companies showing interest in agriculture would increase. These would improve productivity of farming - both yield and financial. The mechanisation of agriculture would in turn pump up manufacturing sector growth. Hence the migration is directly and indirectly having positive impact on the economic growth of India.
Wednesday, February 9, 2011
Thursday, May 13, 2010
Beautiful Kerala - I
On a recent trip to Muthanga, Kerala
Road To Muthanga (Wild Life Sanctuary), Kerala
Spotted some Deer, Muthanga, Kerala
Wild Elephants Besides A Milestone, Muthanga (Near Karnataka border), Kerala
Konnappoo (Indian Laburnum, Botanical name - Cassia Fistulla) ,is the state flower of Kerala
Stay-In-The-Green, Muthanga, Kerala
The Face of Muthanga
Photo : Binish Sebastian
Wednesday, May 12, 2010
CROWNED AGAIN - VISHWANATHAN ANAND
Anand triumphed in a 12 match game against Topalov (6.5 - 5.5) in the World Chess Championship at Sofia. Congratulations Anandji!
TRUST THEY MUST
Jairam Ramesh, though getting a gag order from none other than our PM, has done well to get praise from Chinese media. His views, though out of step with that of the government, did drive home a point - that of trust deficit. Many projects awarded to Chinese companies have been cancelled in the past. Now it concerns telecom technology providers Huawei. As the future economic giants India and China need to develop trust for stability and future growth.
Friday, December 18, 2009
COPENHAGEN - A FUMBLED OPPORTUNITY?
What would you like your grand children to inherit? A world that's submerging and hopes of survival diminishing, or one that ensures generations of human life to flourish. Well COP 15 (UN Climate Conference at Copenhagen) envisaged the latter but now it seems it is going for the former.
The summit started off with deep divisions within. The rich and poor countries were on different planks, richies trying to ditch Kyoto whereas poor wanting more commitment from the rich. The rich along with the host have been trying to push a new text through that requires all countries to commit to cut emmissions leaving behind the UN view point that it should be equitable. G77, with Africans in lead have opposed this idea all along.
There are some legitimate questions raised by the poorer lot and the emerging nations - How can you expect poor countries balance development and emmission cut? When major portion of CO2 emmission historically and presently have come from industrialised nations how can the rich countries expect all to reduce emmissions by the same amount? How would the poorer nations be supported in their efforts to reduce emmissions, monetary support as wella as technological support? Why the US which could spend trillions on war to save the world from bad boys and control rogue states can't support poorer nations?
Well there are more questions, but let's hope the air is cleared and consensus reached on the way forward. We are already grappling with the changes in climate - delayed to no rains, floods, hurricanes, hotter summers and colder winters. Let people come forward with initiatives as well as push their governments to take actions, so that we can leave a better world for our children.
The summit started off with deep divisions within. The rich and poor countries were on different planks, richies trying to ditch Kyoto whereas poor wanting more commitment from the rich. The rich along with the host have been trying to push a new text through that requires all countries to commit to cut emmissions leaving behind the UN view point that it should be equitable. G77, with Africans in lead have opposed this idea all along.
There are some legitimate questions raised by the poorer lot and the emerging nations - How can you expect poor countries balance development and emmission cut? When major portion of CO2 emmission historically and presently have come from industrialised nations how can the rich countries expect all to reduce emmissions by the same amount? How would the poorer nations be supported in their efforts to reduce emmissions, monetary support as wella as technological support? Why the US which could spend trillions on war to save the world from bad boys and control rogue states can't support poorer nations?
Well there are more questions, but let's hope the air is cleared and consensus reached on the way forward. We are already grappling with the changes in climate - delayed to no rains, floods, hurricanes, hotter summers and colder winters. Let people come forward with initiatives as well as push their governments to take actions, so that we can leave a better world for our children.
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