India, although it may be considered to be a developing country, at least in the eyes of self-opinionated Western nations, mainly due to poverty and unequal income distribution, it still leads the world in many sectors, that include IT, under the dynamic leadership of incorruptible patriot PM Narendra Modi who has put India on the world map as a corruption free, democratic nation to do business with.
India is the hub for “Call Center” serving West with highly educated younger generation with good command of English, the service few other developing nations could provide, although India has to be on guard, as other countries, like Koreas, China, Taiwan have made learning English compulsory at primary level. They will soon catch-up and overtake India if India lowers the standard of service, as many such Indian call center are involved in fraud and deception, especially affecting America and Britain.
After Swatch (Clean) India, undertaking to provide every household with clean water, toilet and shower by 2020, India is now turning its attention to plastic plague that is turning our oceans into one big dumping ground that could wipe out most marine life in a decade if plastic pollution is not tackled with vigour. Those who watch nature programmes on our TVs would know how polluted and dangerous our oceans are, killing marine life as never before.
PM Modi has vowed to abolish all single-use plastic by 2022 that will make India a leading nation fighting to save our oceans; even most advanced Western nations, with few exceptions, have not made such commitments whose aim is to achieve this target by 2030 or even 2040 which many consider to be a ploy, exacerbation, even kidology with no intention of complying.
Our half-hearted effort to ban single-use plastic bags with 5p charge for shops with more than 250 employees; mainly affecting supermarkets, is the prime example of our lack of whole-hearted commitment to the cause.
In many countries, such plastic bags are either completely banned, replaced with thick, decomposable paper bags or have imposed 20p charges with no exemption that has reduced usage by 99% compared to our 85% achievement.
India, especially Gujarat leads the world in clean energy, generated by wind-turbines and solar panels so often situated on rivers that reduce water evaporation, as well as saving land for cultivation.
Kumudini Valambia
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