seems good improvement. It is strange to see an ancient country like India
that is Bharat being called as retired at age 60 -- what happened to its
thousands of years of history and Bharat named after King Bharat since
the time of Ashoka thousands of years ago.
Umesh
Manoj Das <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Bharat Mata has completed 60 years
(retirement age of Govt. of India employees). I thought of sharing some data,
which I picked up from ToI:-
1947
2007
Note: A Rupee in 1947 would be worth Rs. 32 today
Starting salary in IAS (Rs./month)
350
17-22000
Lever Brother's starting pay (Rs./month)
400
75000
Cost of car (Rs.)
300-400
2 lacs-1.5 cr
Average life expectancy (Years)
31.4
64.7
Literacy rate
14
67
Gold Price (Rs./ 10 grams)
88
9000
Biggest Film hit (and revenue)
Jugnu (Rs. 30 lacs)
Dhoom-2 (Rs. 140 cr)
Defence budget (Rs. Cr)
93
90000
Population (Million)
300
1130
Per capita income (Rs.)
255
29382
Total wheat output (Mn tonnes)
5-6
72.5
Per capita power consumption
15.5
606
Telephones (Mn)
1.1
233
Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)
145.6
58
Doctors (in lacs)
0.5
5.54
National highways (in kms)
19634
65569
India's exports (in Rs. Cr)
403.4
564000
India's imports (in Rs. Cr)
408.7
820000
Govt. revenue (Rs. Cr.)
171
403000
Govt. expenditure (Rs. Cr.)
200
564000
Hope someone among us will be there to give the figures in 2067
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Ed.M. - International Education Policy
Harvard Graduate School of Education,
Harvard University,
Class of 2005
http://www.uknow.gse.harvard.edu/index.html (Edu info)
http://hbswk.hbs.edu/ (Management Info)
www.gse.harvard.edu/iep (where the above 2 are used )
http://jaipurschool.bihu.in/
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