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In 2007 the mineral depletion rate to gross national income ratio of India was 0.7% which was on the higher side as compared to the global average of 0.4% but in other developing countries the ratio was much higher than of India like in China and Russia it was 1.3% and in Brazil 1.6%.

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Is enforcement of rules-traffic related, environment related, cleanliness related - the biggest problem faced by Indian cities?

the rule enforcers are reluctant to enforce the rule as if the common man knows the rule totally than either he will completely abide the rule or if punished once with heavy penalty than he will not repeat it.But the rules should be made public without loop holes people will happily follow the rules.

sheikhriyaz | mumbai | 18-01-2010

According to me, the biggest problem is the population which is growing at a tremendous rate and that too exponentially. The scenario is serious in rural areas which adversely affects the metros which get filled to brim as youngmen from rural area goes to big cities in search of jobs. Environment factor arises for the educated person but major part of the Indian population is poor and uneducated. The meaning of environment word is itself not clear to poor. He does not even know where he/she will get the next time meal from, and we expect him to think about our environment. Development in terms of new cities with proper planning and futuristic approach is an excellent idea. Hats off to the person who started the process and brought this magic lamp forward to millions of Indians. We all indians specially the more fortunate ones, need to lift the quality of living for ourselves as well for the other side of the society because when we will excel, believe me, INDIA will excel at exponential rate. Thank You! Sahil Goel (student) B.Tech I.T-MBA Lovely Professional University Phagwara(Punjab) contact No:+91-946-370-8952

Sahil Goel | Hoshiarpur(Punjab) | 18-01-2010

FOOD FOR THOUGHT

  • The fixed capital consumption rate of India is much lower at 9.6% of GNI as compared to US 14.8%, Brazil 12.6% and China 10.7%.

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  • India has a healthy gross savings rate of 39% of the Gross National Income higher than the global average of 23% but China leaps much ahead with 54% saving rate.

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  • The under five mortality rate in India is amongst the highest at 72 per 1,000 live births, in China and Brazil it is much lower at 22 per 1,000 live births.

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  • India dreadfully lags behind in the sanitation sector, only 28% of the total population has access to improved sanitation which is much lower to the global average of 60%. The comparable ratio in China is 65% and Brazil is 77%.

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  • In India only 28% of the total population had access to improved sanitation which is much lower to the global average of 60%.

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  • In India's per capita availability of internal freshwater resources is much lower at 1,121cu.m. as compared to other developing countries like China - 2,133 cum, Russia - 30,350 cu.m., Brazil - 28,277 cum.

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  • The per capita fuel consumption in transport sector for India is 33 liters which is much lower to the developing countries’ average of 123 liters and 2,016 liters of United States.

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  • The CO2 emission growth (1990-2005) in India and China is 106 and 131 % respectively which is much higher than the global average of 29.5% but the per capita CO2 emission for India has been significantly low at 1.3 metric tons as compared to China at 4.3 metric tons. Countries like Germany, UK and Russia witnessed negative growth in CO2 emission during 1990-2005 at -20%, -4% and -33.5% respectively but the per capita emission is much higher than of India’s at 9.5, 9.1 and 10.5 metric tons respectively. The per capita emission in US is as high as 19.5 metric tons with the 20.4% growth in emission.

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