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Banking service chronicle
Banking service chronicle Published this article page no 16 development is freedom. freedom from hunger poverty servitude bondage ignorance illiteracy and any other forms of domination is the key to human development. freedom in real sense of the term is possible only with the empowerment and participation of the people in the exercise of their capabilities and choices in the society. access to knowledge about the society and environment are fundamental to freedom. literacy is the beginning of acces...
Banking service chronicle
Banking service chronicle Published this article page no 17 there is a state like bihar which has very low 47.53 per cent literacy and there are states like kerala and mizoram which have literacy rates of 90.92 and 88.49 per cent respectively. apart from the spatial variations percentage of literates in the rural areas and among the marginalised sections of our society such as females scheduled castes scheduled tribes agricultural labourers etc. is very low. it is worth mentioning here that though t...
Banking service chronicle
Banking service chronicle Published this article page no 18 in the backdrop of the above-mentioned important indicators the planning commission calculated the human development index by taking states and union territories as the unit of analysis. india has been placed among the countries showing medium human development. what is the rank of india among the 172 countries of the world as indicated in table 3.4 kerala with the composite index value of 0.638 is placed at the top rank followed by punjab ...
Banking service chronicle
Banking service chronicle Published this article page no 19 there are several socio-political economic and historical reasons for such a state of affairs. kerala is able to record the highest value in the hdi largely due to its impressive performance in achieving near hundred per cent literacy 90.92 per cent in 2001. in a different scenario the states like bihar madhya pradesh orissa assam and uttar pradesh have very low literacy. for example total literacy rate for bihar was as low as 60.32 per cen...
Banking service chronicle
Banking service chronicle Published this article page no 20 apart from the educational attainment the levels of economic development too play significant impacts on hdi. economically developed states like maharashtra tamil nadu and punjab and haryana have higher value of hdi as compared to states like assam bihar madhya pradesh etc. regional distortions and social disparities which developed during the colonial period continue to play an important role in the indian economy polity and society. the g...