Overview: National Issues

Policy Writer: Naya Yug |

Indian Economy
India’s diverse economy encompasses traditional village farming, modern agriculture, handicrafts, a wide range of modern industries, and a multitude of services. Services are the major source of economic growth, accounting for more than half of India’s output with less than 1/3 of its labor force.

Education Policy
The Constitution provides directives regarding the development of education throughout the country. The areas in which the respective central and state governments have domain have been identified in the Constitution as the central list, state list and concurrent list.

Employment Policy
There are marked differences between estimates of the number and proportion of youth based on the decennial censuses and the sample surveys, as well as the Sample Registration System. According to the best national estimates, the youth formed about 20% percent of the national population.

Ethics Reform
The Code of Ethics contains general basic principles, regulates interacting relation between authorized personnel of the public sector employees and their relations towards citizens, institutions and agencies and defines responsibility for breaches of the Code.

Foreign Policy
These foreign policy agenda’s are the social and political objectives defined by Naya Yug. It may or may not reflect the views of the Government of India (or any Ruling Party). These objectives are also not endorsed by anyone outside Naya Yug.

Global Warming
Several potential effects of global warming, including steady sea level rise, increased cyclonic activity, and changes in ambient temperature and precipitation patterns, have impacted or are projected to impact India. As a result of ongoing climate change, the climate of India has become increasingly volatile.

Government Reform
We need to reform the way our government works. We need a kind of politics that offers not just a vote at the ballot box, but a voice in government and an assurance that the leaders we elect will hear it and act on it.

Health Care
Health standards of a country reflect the social, economic, political and moral well being of its ordinary citizen. Economic and social growth of a society and country is directly dependant on the health of its constituents.

Judicial Practice
The Judiciary is a national institution that the people hold in the highest esteem. In a democracy it is not unwise to acquaint the public with the truth about the workings of an instrumentality as strategic and sublime as the Judiciary.

National Identity
Govt. of India has embarked upon a program of maintaining of National Register of Indian Citizen and issue of MNICs to all citizens at the age of 15 years and above with the purpose of providing credible fool proof individual identification system and its use for various socio-economic benefits.

National Security
India has one of the most capable and best-trained military force in the world. Our military is capable of protecting our nation, deterring potential military challenges, responding to any crisis that endangers our security, and prevailing in any conflict we are forced to fight.

Private Sector
The growth rate of GDP originating in the public sector has always been higher than the growth rate of GDP originating in the private sector. Despite public sector registering higher growth rates than the private sector, the contribution of private sector to overall growth was always higher.

Public Safety
One of the primary roles of government is providing safety and security for its citizens, property, critical infrastructure, and natural resources. Natural disasters, emergencies, crimes, and the threat of terrorist attacks require rapid response.

Public Sector
Citizens and businesses demand faster and more personalized services, and the policies must be developed and implemented more quickly than before. Political and economical conditions are affecting center and state governments.

Religious Tolerance
The right to freedom of religion is a fundamental right guaranteed under Article 25 of the Constitution of India. Subject to public order, morality and health and to the other provisions, all persons are equally entitled to freedom of conscience and the right freely to profess, practice and propagate religion.

Science & Technology
We are in a position not only to understand the technologies that we may have to borrow, but also to create our own technologies with extensive scientific inputs of indigenous origin. We have come a long way…

Small Business
Small businesses are the backbone of Indian economy and we must protect and promote them. Small businesses have the ability to create jobs in those sectors of the economy that drive our economy - manufacturing, construction, and retail.

Social Responsibility
We should embrace our responsibility to people and to the country. The age-old issues of poverty, unemployment, diseases and illiteracy still persists in the 600,000 villages in the country. We need to encourage corporations to work together.


Agenda: Indian Economy