Ideas of Development

Key Words:

Per Capita Income:

The total national income divided by the number of people in the Nation. Per Capita income is a measure of mean income within an economic aggregate, such as a Country. The per Capita GDP (Gross Domestic Product) is especially useful when Comparing one Country to another becomes it shows the relation performance of the Countries. A rise in per capita GDP signals growth in the economy and tends to translate as an increase in productivity. The average income is also called Per Capita Income.

Human Development:

Pre-fixing ‘Human’ to ‘Development’, it has made it clear that what is happening to the citizens of a Country is important in development. People, their health and their well-being. Life expectancy at birth, education and Per Capita income are most important. Health and Education indicators have come to be widely along with income as a measure of development. UNDP compares countries based on the educational leered of the people their health status and Per Capita income.

Public Facilities:

The facilities like roads, electricity, health and educational instaurations, rations shops provided by government.

Education and Health Indicators:

Human development Index has tried to expand the notion of development to include the social indicators of health and education. Government provision is the only way of improving health and education states for all. Education is the key component of human development. The state of being free from illness is health.

Key Points:

1. Different persons can have different development goals and what may be development for one may not be development for the other. It may even be destructive for the other.
2. People desire are regular work, better ways, and decent price for their crops or other products. That they produce. People also seek things like equal treatment, freedom, security and respect from others.
3. The development goals that people have are not only about better income but also about other important things in life.
4. A safe and secure environment may allow more women to take up a variety of jobs or run a business.
   We compare Countries based on the average income, which is total income of the country divided by total population. The average income is also called per capita income.
5. World Bank classified countries with per capita income of US 12,600 and above per annum in 2012 are called high income countries and those with per capita income of US 1,035 or less per annum in 2012 are called how income countries.
6. The development countries are rich countries excluding countries of West Asia and certain other small countries.
7. Now India falls under the category of middle income countries. But, Sri Lanka is much a head of India in every indicator of development.
8. Out of 1000 live Children born, the number of Children who die with one year is called ‘Infant Mortality Rate’.
9. The percentage of literate population above 7 years age is called ‘Literacy Rate’.
10. Out of total number of children in age group 6-17, the percentage of children attending school is called ‘Net Attendance Rate’.
11. In Bihar half the children of school going age do not attend school. In Himachal Pradesh out of 1000 children born alive, 36 died before completing one year of age in the year 2006.
12. ‘Life expectancy’ at birth denotes the average expected length of life of a person at the time of birth.
    Money cannot buy a pollution free environment or ensure that you get Unadulterated medicines. Unless you can afford to shift to a community that already has all the these things.
13. Income and per capita income. Though very often, is only one aspect of development. Distribution of income can be very unequal even when over all incomes rise.