DEVELOPMENT IS THE KEY WORD FOR NATIONS. THERE ARE TWO SIDES . DEVELOPED NATION AND DEVELOPING NATIONS.
THE RICH ,DEVELOPED ,CAPITALISED COUNTRIES AIM IS TO GROW THEIR MONEY. INCREASE THEIR PROFIT .IT IS NOT WRONG. IT IS INDIVIDUALS FREEDOM . BUT THE GOVERNMENT IS BOUND TO FEED ITS PEOPLE. INDIA IS BASICALLY IS A COUNTRY OF AGRO-CIVILISATION .INDUS VALLEY CIVILISATION BACKS TO 2500 BC. THE POPULATION IS PLENTY,THE LAND AND OTHER NATIONAL RESOURES ARE SCARCE. WE HAVE TO MANAGE TO PRODUCE MORE PER UNIT AREA OF LAND , PER UNIT VOLUME OF WATER.
INITIAL PLANNERS OF INDIA WERE IMPORTING FOOD . THE COUNTRY WHICH EXPORTED FOOD ,FOLLOWED A POLICY OF ARMTWISTING . THEY USED FOOD AS A WEAPON ,TO BRING INDIA TO THEIR LINE .
BUT INDIA OVER CAME THOSE PRESSURE AND BY ITS GREEN REVOLUTION WAS SELF SUFFICIENT IN FOOD SECURITY BY 70S . BUT THE EXPLODING GROWTH OF POPULATION DEFEATED THE ACHIEVEMENT. THE WORLD FORWARDED FAST. TO CATCH THE PACE OF FAST MOVING COUNTRIES INDIA HAD TO CHANGE ITS DEVELOPMENT POLICY. INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT AND ENERGY DEVELOPMENT WAS ESSENTIAL FOR ITS GROWTH AND HENCE THE AGRICULTURAL AND IRRIGATION DEVELOPMENT WAS PUT BEHIND THE AGENDA OF DEVELOPMENT.
CHINA IS THE BIG DAM BUILDER 22000 LARGE DAMS ARE THERE ,USA IS SECOND IN POSITION HAVING MORE THAN 10,000 DAMS ,INDIA IS ONLY THE THIRD IN ROW WITH ABOUT 5000 BIG DAMS.
THE DEVELOPED NATION WANTED INDIA TO SLOW DOWN DAM CONSTRUCTION.WORLD BANK WHICH GAVE BIG MONEY FOR CONSTRUCTION OF BIG DAMS WENT BACK IN ITS PROMISE AND STOPPED ASSISTANCE TO INDIA FOR BUILDING DAMS .THE ENVIRONMENTAL LOBY EXERTED ITS PRESSURE TO DO THIS. THE POOR PEOPLE VOICE WAS SILENCED IN THIS VALLEY.
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