The misleading and the misled

           A false GDP and a false economic growth rate, may be high and impressive to both the misleading and the misled, but it would leave the law-makers and the sufferers without any solution as long as they confine themselves to the world of illusion.
     A country's true development cannot be reflected in the existing method of calculating the GDP. The method has been conventional for a long time. It gives an overall picture. The plight of the majority of the population, gets diluted in the process. As such, the economic condition of the lowest and the middle rungs of the social ladder, is put on the back-burner. The immense relief that the soaring GDP gives to the leaders and the privileged, impedes even a genuine government, from throwing a few glances to the grinding poverty, that keeps pulling down the social justice. However, the issues develop wings when the politicians use the same for political stunts. It is fairly used for deceiving the voters. 

                      In countries, where the majority of the citizens are the victims of ignorance, the work of the politicians become easy in luring them with false promises. Once, they are voted to power, the desperate voters are remembered only at the time of the next elections because the voter holds democratic significance.
What makes matters worse, is the fact that many literate citizens, who call themselves the victims of hectic schedule, heed little to the political inconsistencies and the delinquency of the leaders. It is this inability of the voters, that adds to the strength of the several rungs of the political ladder.

                      The existing conventional GDP has a lion's share of the uppermost rungs of the economic ladder, which forms the smallest section of the society. It is the lowest rungs of the economic ladder, that has the biggest part of the population, and if the GDP of this part of the population, in a nation, is calculated, it would shock the leaders. Further, when the middle rungs are added to the lowest rungs, the declination would be sharper. For a long time, it is the middle rungs too, which have been given little notice. 

                       But, this disappointing truth would bring a stable and sustainable growth. The growth may be slow but it would ensure the true prosperity of a nation.

                      Moreover, this would enable the upper rungs of the ladder to extend a helping hand to the lowest rungs who are deprived of their bread and butter, and to those who fail in making their both ends meet. It is time the system underwent changes to pave the path to a two-pronged approach, which gives scope for calculating GDP of the higher rungs and lower rungs separately. Subsequently, each year, the GDP of a nation would give the difference between the two points - the low potential and the high potential. In fact, this would not only reduce the gap between the rich and the poor but also ensure the right distribution of the national wealth among all the rungs.

Chinese Military Budget

 
                       In 2014, the Chinese government allocated $131.57 billion as Chinese annual military budget. 

This is an increase from the 2013 military budget (an increase of 12.2%) With this big leap, China becomes 

the second leading nation in the world in huge spending for military budget. The U.S. stands in the first place 

in allocation of huge money for the annual military budget.

     

                      

 In 2003, the defense spending of China was estimated to be 38 billion dollars (2.3% of China’s GDP). The 

official figure was 22.4 billion dollars.

                   

                       Chinese military spending doubled between 1997 and 2003, getting close to the defense 

spending of the U.K. and Japan. It continued to grow 10% annually during 2003-2005. The Chinese 

military 

spending for 2009 was US$ 100 billion as per the Report of  SIPRI. In 2012, reports said that the Chinese 

military spending could go upto $525.40 by the year 2015, which is larger than all other Asian nations 

combined.
            
                          China became the third largest exporter of major arms in 2010-14

Indian Defence budget 2015-16

                     The defence budget of India has grown by eight percent over the previous year’s Defence 

budget but the growth rate amounts  to 11% over the revised  allocation for 2014-15. It is obvious that 

original budget allocation of 2014-15 has been revised downward to the extent of Rs.6,630 crore. This is 

because of the reduction in the capital expenditure by Rs.12,623 crore. On the other hand, the revenue 

expenditure has been revised upward by Rs. 5,993 crore.

               
                     Putting together the revenue expenditure and the capital expenditure of the Indian 

Defence Budget of the past two successive allocations, the total amount under the Budget 

Estimate  

was Rs. 229000.0 for 2014-15. The total amount allocated under the Revised Estimate for 2014-15 

was Rs. 222370.0. The total amount under the Budget Estimate for 2015-16 is Rs. 246727.0. 

                        While the share of Defence Budget in Central Government Expenditure in 2015-16 is 13.9% , the 

share for the previous year was 12.8%.

                Like in the past, the Army has the lion's share (53% of the defence budget ( Rs. 1,30,874 crore).

 The Air Force stands in the second place with an allocation of Rs. 56,658 crore. The occupies the third 

place with Rs. 40,529 crore. The D.R.D.O. gets Rs. 14,358 crore. An allocation of Rs. 3644 crore has 

been done for the Ordinance Factories.

The Air Force comes a distant second with an allocation of Rs. 56,658 crore, followed by the Navy (Rs. 

40,529 crore), Defence Research and Development Organisation (Rs. 14,358 crore) and Ordnance 

Factories (Rs. 3,644 crore) (see Figure II).  It is to be noted, however, that the Army is the most 

revenue-intensive service. In 2015-16, 80 per cent of its budget has been earmarked for revenue 

expenditure. The corresponding figures for the Navy and Air force are 38 and 41 per cent, respectively.

Modi's Make in India and The Indian Defence

              Boosting indigenous arms manufacturing, by the private sector, has been one of the aims of

Modi's MAKE IN INDIA. The need for huge investmentin plant and machinery, technology and skill

development has been felt. Simultaneously, the tax and duties structure also has to be made attractive for in-

house manufacturing. Though the budget remains opaque, Modi's words at the Aero India show gives some

hope in this regard.
   
                        'Make' projects for which 144.21 crore has been allocated. In this regard, the two industry

consortiums- one of TATA Power SED and L&T and the other of Bharat Electronics Limited(BEL) and

Rolta India Ltd-each of which won a contract from the Ministry of Defence to develop a prototype under the
Indian Army's Battlefield  Management System (BMS) programme.
         

A step forward towards internal security and peace.

                 The Supreme court of India asks the Central Government to have a re-look at the provisions of the juvenille 

law that prescribes 18 years as the age of adulthood to try persons accused of heinous crime. What deserves 
more attention in this regard, is the question of awareness and the minimum required  degree of  maturity one 

attains at the age of 18. Is this age not enough for an individual who is not deprived of his sanity, to 

discriminate civility and barbarity ?  If the answer is positive, it should be accepted that mere trying the 

juvenile or acquitting him of the guilt, is not the only solution. The evil forces playing a havoc on the 

vulnerable juveniles, cannot be overlooked. These evil forces perhaps comprise the significant factors. 

Firstly, parents are not serious about civilizing or  inculcating morals into the mind of the child. It is just like saying, "My job 

is only to give birth and bring him up. This bringing up of the child, is devoid of any morals. It is this very 

stress on morals and cautioning about the do's and the don'ts, which can reduce the juvenille cases being filed 
with the courts.

What makes matters worse, is that most teachers feel a sense of pride that they have given an unparalleled 

contribution in delivering the concepts. But, their teaching is hardly mulled with any morals. Again, it should 

be taken care of the fact that mere teaching may not mould the pupils. If the teacher fails to inspire the pupil, 

his teaching can be considered ineffective. It is the centre of learning, not the prison, where there is a lot of 

scope for moulding the child or to instill civility. Civility is a cultivation of tender treatment but not force. It is 

the parents and teachers who have the lion's share in bringing forth civilized people into the society. Again, it 

is the parents and the teachers who can, with their carelessness, unleash trained students, who have little to 

do with morality. If these trainers, parents and teachers, do the extra-mile journey and instill the essence of 

morality, the child might flinch in committing not only a heinous but also hesitate to commit even a small 

crime. Hence, rhe root cause of the juvenile crime has to be observed. Then, it would not be the degree of 

awareness that would draw our attention but the carelessness that has crept in bringing up of the child. If the 

parents and teachers introspect, they can realize their duty. This would an end to this debatable problem.

                                       A good teacher is not the person who teaches but inspires.
   

School of International Peace

                  Devoid of the lucrative touch of science and technology and the passion for  business and

commerce, an exclusively selfless school of International peace and harmony, should be established in large

numbers across the globe. This would certainly pool in, fairly a large number of aspirants, whose could get

their mind cleansed of the social filth, and instead get seasoned with the divine and lofty aspirations that

transcend the worldly greed.    
                        

                 Such institutions and training centres would go a long way in producing seasoned individuals, who

would not only give solutions but also get things done.  It is the kind of syllabus and curriculum, and the

vigorous training that would build capability in the individual. The training should include the pupils'

participation in world tours and seminars, which would give the pupil a real-time experience.

                   Then, the world need not have to find itself in a state of dilemma about whom to choose for

heading the key positions at the international level.

                        International  Peace is not an occasion to be confined to the International Peace day. Instead, it is meant for breathing every moment of our life.
 

Making The U.N.O. formidable

                There is a need to bring certain changes by carrying out profound discussions, in order to make international guardian formidable to enable it to tackle the potential contemporary challenges with ease.

              However, the will and urge on the part of the existing organs of the body of the U.N.O., is needed to safeguard mankind. The world is grateful to the guardian for taking care of the world, and for having successfully completed 70 years, without bringing much changes.

               Today, the world has undergone considerably a long and complex journey through scientific technology. This journey has been a blend of man's manouvre to dominate all others in the world and scientific technology has made matters worse.

               Tit for tat is not the solution because a wise man knows how to win an argument but a genius knows how to avoid it. Today, we live in a world where the challenges have grown wide, complex and delicate to deal with.  Wisdom and perseverance of such magnitude are needed which have never been thought of. Indeed, tranquility, wisdom and concern for mankind are the means of reaching the zenith of international peace and harmony.

                The time has come to bring down the national barriers and unanimously form solutions to address the grievances and crises at the international level. Crucial summits and conferences that comprise the so-called elite nations alone, cannot give  tangible solutions.

                Man needs to learn from nature that lack of proportion and imbalance, cannot give balance to any structure.

                 It is time veterans, intellectuals and men of outstanding qualities were involved, for the smooth running of the international guardian.This has to be done meticulously and with diligence. Political power at the international level is not what is the need of the hour. Scholarly and wise negotiators with leadership qualities and with the commitment and will-power who are capable of addressing the crises at the international level, are needed. Such people should unanimously be appointed to form a wing of the guardian, to give strength to it. It doesn't matter what guards the world and who form the body. What matters is whether we succeed in crushing the evil that tries to raise its hood frequently, in deceptive, conceited and dodging forms. One needs to stand in solidarity with international peace and harmony. This should be made the thing of foremost importance.

                                                                               New challenges need new solutions.