Challenges India faces today

Two great powers India and China are emerging in the world scene. GDP in india is growing at the rate of 8-9% per annum which is one of the fastest among other nations. It is predicted that by the year 2020, India will achieve the status of economic superpower. India's domestic market is very big and has tremendous growth potential. The biggest stumbling block in the journey towards progress is corruption and terrorism. According to recent survey, India ranks among the most corrupt countries in the world. Corruption is rampant in Ministry, Govt offices, Police, Municipal corporations, sports,Hospitals etc. There is total lack of accountability among the government officials. How to root out corruption is the biggest challenge as of today. Let us understand what causes corruption. Is it poverty, is it lack of responsibility towards the society or is it lust for money. Poverty does not seem to be the reason. Most people who are poor are found to be honest. In fact, most Economic offences are committed by educated, powerful and well to do influential people. They get away with punishment through sheer money power . Lack of responsibility towards society is of course one of the factors which help breed corruption. Our education system is entirely to be blamed for this. We are still following the same old course curriculam which was designed by Britishers 60 year ago. Our students get degrees from colleges but do not understand what their responsibilities are towards society. The sole purpose of education today is reduced to getting a job in a multinational company. Moral values and ethics has no place in the education system. This is the main reason why there is a degradation of moral values in Indian society resulting in corruption and crime. Corruption is at it' s peak in politics. Most of the politicians are highly corrupt. They serve their own family rather than serving the nation. They are hand in glove with criminals. In fact, some of the politicians themselves have criminal records. All political parties are corrupt without exception . Voters have no choice but to elect one of them. Our elections are funded by underworld dons who have money power. We will have to change electoral process to bring good people in politics. Our education system has to be revamped completely to inculcate moral values and disciplines among students. Terrorism is spreading in the country and slowly weakening the social fabric of multi ethnic, multi cultural, multi lingual Society. Our Intelligence agencies are failing to gather intelligence reports which can help track down terrorists before they strike. There is total lack of co ordination among intelligence agencies of different states, police and home ministry. Every time there is a serial blast, Govt officials get busy passing the buck to each other. No one seems to be concerned about the safety and security of the common man. There is no long term strategy to tackle terrorism in the country which has claimed thousands of lives in last 10-15 years. Politicians are more concerned about vote bank rather than the lives of common people. Media is sensationalising the issues to inrease their TRP. We can realise our dreams of becoming economic superpower only if we address the challenges we are facing.