Dear friend, India is changing more than many ways now. Corruption, bad roads, illiteracy, drinking water, electricity, poverty, red tape, etc problems are always there and will continue to haunt us even in near future. But still, you scratch the surface and you find the changes happening. The youth and women in the villages are now thinking the same way as the youth and women of cities. You watch any reality program on any Indian channel, even a vernacular Bhojpuri Channel Mahua, where you will find the participants in the program as modern as you can imagine. In some years India will have population of 60 crore youths in the country which will be greater than combined population of US and Europe! Its not without nothing that Obama is fearful about India and China and exhorting their youths to study maths and science. You must have heard that India has taken a giant step forward towards empowerment of women by passing the Womens’ Reservation Bill which ensure reservation of 33% of Parliamentary seats to women, in Rajya Sabha. You will be gald to know that in the Panchayat level this reservation is already applicable in India and more than 10 lakh Panch women are there & proving to be very successful. You will again be glad to know that Bihar which was used to be called as Kidnap capital of India and was one of the discredited BIMARU (Bihar, MP, Rajasthan, Orissa & UP) state has , within four years of Chief Minister Nitish Kumar's rule has shown the growth rate of 11.03% , only second to Gujarat which showed 11.05% growth (remember that these growth rates are better than China's). Other states are all trying to attract investment and work harder, though on the other hand it is also the fact that around 1 lakh crore of money still remains unspent every year.
You must have heard about the NAREGA scheme which gives guarantee of employment of 100 days to a family in rural areas, is very successful and this year too this scheme has been allotted for Rs 40,100 crore in this year's budget. You will not believe that the inflation of around 18% which rarely ever happened in India before, one of the main reason for this is also attributed to the fact that the money has now reached the actual beneficiaries which has created unusual demand situation and has resulted in short supplies and hence high inflation (though mismanagement of food supplies is also main reason),. Apart from this amount, this year's budget allots further 60,000 cores in rural development. To further bolster this direct beneficiary approach the government has constituted high powered ministry under Planning Commission, The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) headed by none other than Mr Nandan Nilekani, the former Infosys boss, with special invitation by the Prime Minister. This department has been allotted Rs 1900 core. This department will start allotting the number this year itself and in the first stage it will target those people who are below the poverty line and people enrolled in NAREGA and villagers. This will further strengthen them in terms of directed supply and give them more power. This process will also penetrate IT to still lower level and people will find more use of IT in day to day experiences (and not only in railways, its wing IRCTC, which is the single biggest earner of revenues in IT), even the poorest of poor in villages. The IT penetration is still low in India. Further there is great need of digitization of vast data which is at present closed in huge lumps of files in different government departments. To give you an example, around 3 crore cases are pending in various courts of India and going by the present speed of completing each case @15 years per case it will take 450 years just to clear the backlog in our Judiciary system. Also revenue department all over the country in various states are digitising land records, making revenue collection mechanism, toll collection mechanism, all directly with end consumer interface, etc, etc. Not to forget e FIRs, e summons, e replies to queries by different wings of govts, insisting by heads of different states to ask questions only through email, etc. They all will be using IT. All top companies are in the fray and many small players are also entering in the niche segments. Why don’t you come back and and take part in the great IT revolution in India which is due for explosive growth by next year. The slary levels here are also attractive and drawing top talents to India. People and companies are now more inclined to have global outlook. Vast number of people are getting IT educated and are sharing their views through various networks and blogs. The passage of IT bill 2008 will further strengthen the IT legalities here. IT has very rosy future in India and right talent is needed here whether in software designing, BPOs and KPOs, Applications for mobiles and programs especially for developing country like India linking villages and town to global market place - canvas is huge!
You must have heard about the NAREGA scheme which gives guarantee of employment of 100 days to a family in rural areas, is very successful and this year too this scheme has been allotted for Rs 40,100 crore in this year's budget. You will not believe that the inflation of around 18% which rarely ever happened in India before, one of the main reason for this is also attributed to the fact that the money has now reached the actual beneficiaries which has created unusual demand situation and has resulted in short supplies and hence high inflation (though mismanagement of food supplies is also main reason),. Apart from this amount, this year's budget allots further 60,000 cores in rural development. To further bolster this direct beneficiary approach the government has constituted high powered ministry under Planning Commission, The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) headed by none other than Mr Nandan Nilekani, the former Infosys boss, with special invitation by the Prime Minister. This department has been allotted Rs 1900 core. This department will start allotting the number this year itself and in the first stage it will target those people who are below the poverty line and people enrolled in NAREGA and villagers. This will further strengthen them in terms of directed supply and give them more power. This process will also penetrate IT to still lower level and people will find more use of IT in day to day experiences (and not only in railways, its wing IRCTC, which is the single biggest earner of revenues in IT), even the poorest of poor in villages. The IT penetration is still low in India. Further there is great need of digitization of vast data which is at present closed in huge lumps of files in different government departments. To give you an example, around 3 crore cases are pending in various courts of India and going by the present speed of completing each case @15 years per case it will take 450 years just to clear the backlog in our Judiciary system. Also revenue department all over the country in various states are digitising land records, making revenue collection mechanism, toll collection mechanism, all directly with end consumer interface, etc, etc. Not to forget e FIRs, e summons, e replies to queries by different wings of govts, insisting by heads of different states to ask questions only through email, etc. They all will be using IT. All top companies are in the fray and many small players are also entering in the niche segments. Why don’t you come back and and take part in the great IT revolution in India which is due for explosive growth by next year. The slary levels here are also attractive and drawing top talents to India. People and companies are now more inclined to have global outlook. Vast number of people are getting IT educated and are sharing their views through various networks and blogs. The passage of IT bill 2008 will further strengthen the IT legalities here. IT has very rosy future in India and right talent is needed here whether in software designing, BPOs and KPOs, Applications for mobiles and programs especially for developing country like India linking villages and town to global market place - canvas is huge!
