Mains Practice Questions

Approach:

• Begin by discussing the significance of human resources and the impact of insufficient attention on it.
• Discuss the measures for tackling the issue of paying inadequate attention to Human Resource Development in India.
• Conclude by highlighting the repercussions of not paying adequate attention to human resource development.

Introduction:

Human resource is the keystone of the progress of a country. Insufficient attention, on this part of development has resulted in a massively undertrained population that finds it hard to exploit professional opportunities among other issues.

Body:

Measures for tackling inadequacy

• Education: Investing adequately in education to the tune of 6% of GDP, as proposed under New Economic Policy, will provide excellent returns. Scholarships by governments and various other programs also need to be made widely accessible.
• Skill Development: Vocational skills and other upskilling opportunities are essential for increasing employability. For example, Bangladesh skilled a lot of people and used them in their industry to skyrocket their GDP.
  • Skill India is a great initiative that needs to be tuned well to the needs of industry.
• Healthcare: More focus on availability of medicines, functioning of hospital and overall availability of healthcare to entire population under schemes such as Ayushman Bharat is an imperative.
• Gender Sensitivity: Implementation of schemes such as ‘Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao’, that are gender sensitive are imperative for development of a holistic human resource pool.

Conclusion:

Although India is a developing nation with a young, vibrant population, if adequate attention is not paid on developing it, a massive demographic dividend could be lost.