The 76 years Journey

 Introduction

The day of 15th August 1947 is quite a memorable one for every Indians as it was on this auspicious moment which allowed our nation to have a taste of freedom, to provide the society with essential pillars like equality, sovereignty, liberty and fraternity. Today after 76 years its quite astonishing in comparing the advancements and achievements our nation is carrying. Starting with a population of 340 million followed by partition and various communal bloodshed, currently India is now the most populated country with an overall population of 140.76 crores along with diversifying cultures and heritages and advanced scientific developments in both social and economic spheres. The World Bank is partnering with the government in this effort by helping strengthen policies, institutions, and investments to create a better future for the country and its people through green, resilient, and inclusive development. Considering the past 20 years, India has really emerged as a dynamic and influential country. It’s been one of the world’s fastest growing economic giants, and it’s playing an increasingly important role in world affairs, including as a member of the G20 and the BRICS group of newly industrialized nations.

       
            

                                         

The Success Story of India

• As the cycle of time continued, our nation kept its constant pace in the path of success which was followed by certain political hurdles as well. The depth of our culture and heritage is considered to be the pride of our nation. 
• The Indian education system as well as its medical advancements is gaining attention of various nations of the world. The diversity of our nation consisting of our age-old heritage, our moral values and teachings are well appreciated in the international level as well. 
• Since 1950 India has also proved its potential in almost every aspect starting from sports to scientific developments, research, inventions, economic strategies and so on. On 25th June 1983 India successfully left its footprints in the globe by winning the Cricket World Cup. Also, eminent personalities such as Satyendra Nath Bose, CV Raman, S Ramanujan, Meghnad Saha and others made the world startled with their theories and concepts in the field of science.
•  At present India has bagged the 5th largest economic giant in the world as per 2023 census report and it has been possible only due to adapting changes and providing room for development and progress. Even our nation has improved its ranking in World Happiness Index, earlier it was 136 but currently its 126. Making the general public aware, educating the mass, providing scopes for young minds and opening gateway to the international market are certain key factors which are responsible a sea change in the position of our motherland.
•  Improvement in international relationship with various counties has allowed to pool essential resources and also sharing of ideas. Even this has also led to standing against a crucial crisis together as a single unit. The nation has even remolded natural resources by constructing various biosphere reserves and natural parks. According to UNESCO Simlipal is now considered as the second largest biosphere reserve in Asia. India has achieved great success in preserving the natural treasure in the past 27 years by taking certain concrete steps keeping the overall aspects in mind. Now if one would like to visualize the economic field of our nation, a remarkable progress is observed. In the year of 2022-23, India’s real GDP expanded at an estimated 6.9 percent. 

                                                                                                         

                                  

                                                                                                                                           

Hurdles of the Track

• Like every track has certain hurdles to cross in order to reach the final destination similarly our motherland has to face certain challenges in the path of progress.
• One of the biggest challenge for India is poverty. Although the percentage of poverty has reduced in the past 25 years, but still it has posed great difficulty in moving ahead. According to the census of 2021 23 crore Indians lived under poverty line with an average income of 375 rupees per day. This is quite a serious matter of concern which cannot be neglected for long.
• The second major obstacle is overpopulation. According to the latest census India is set to overtake China in order to become the most populous country in the globe by the middle of 2023. Data released by the United Nations shows that India's population is expected to reach 1.4286 billion - 2.9 million more than its neighbor's on 1.4257 billion. With this exploding population circumstances such as resource scarcity, overexploitation, destruction of valuable natural resources might occur resulting in a serious issue.
• Other major challenges include pollution, illiteracy, corruption and so on. In 2022, Central and South Asia was home to eight of the world’s ten cities with the worst air pollution. While India had the eight worst air, Pakistan had the third worst (70.9 μg/m3) and Bangladesh had the fifth worst (65.8 μg/m3). According to the 2021 report India was in the 86th position out of 180 counties in World Corruption index. With 34% of the illiterate population in the world, India has the largest number of illiterates followed by China which is having 11 percent. These are the main drawbacks observed in the current scenario

                 

Conclusion

India has now attained the position of a global leader who leads other nations towards the path of progress and has even inspired others with its success story from an underdeveloped nation to an international giant. It's predicted that India has the potential to be the global face by 2036 if it continues to maintain the pace for future. Every citizen should be aware of the success story of India filled with challenges and hurdles and must always respect the true hidden sacred and moral form of nation as well. I personally believe that constructing a strong moral values and ethics amongst the citizens is highly essential for leading the nation in the correct direction. If the base is strong enough then nothing can stop us in achieving the golden future ahead. Nowadays the youngsters dream of securing a decent job package and shifting abroad. Because of this mentality only India is losing its own youth treasure. It would be highly appreciable if the youth population takes a firm stand and concrete measures for securing a bright future for their own nation. The young absorbing minds are capable of channelizing positive energy in the right track. Its our duty to look after our nation and take pride in participating in various events for the progress of our motherland. 

Some references have been extracted from various reliable and informative sources. Some of these sources are as follows.:

1. www.thelancet.com

2. www.thehindu.com

3. www.timesofindia.indiatimes.com