What does a developing person need? In modern times, I have divided the basic needs of human being into four different parts. They help us to understand overall human needs. They also explain the areas where human have been badly affected because of dramatic changes in this century. These are as follows-1. Basic needs of Life
• Housing Condition
• Living Circumstances
• Eating Habits
• Family Structure
• Longevity of Life
• Medical and Health Care
2. Career Needs
• Kind of Education
• Professional Options
• Breaking Language Barriers
3. Additional Needs
• Transportation facilities
• Mode of Communication
• Means of Entertainment
4. Social needs
• Irrelevance of National Boarders
• Social Compulsions
• Mode of Governance
These areas are based on the impact of various factors on basic human needs on its day to day activities. The affect of these areas are so important that in general people are ready to sacrifice any kind of requirement or improvements of life. The people feel happy to be wherever they are rather than face changes in these factors. There is no easy way to keep the people happy and prospering till these factors is directly addressed in day to day decisions of life. No amount of help will be able to make impact to human life, if these areas are not addressed properly. I feel that SEZ (Special Economic Zones) has the solution. SEZ being propagated and established by private and government agencies across the developing country will compel the people in general to understand their needs in above mentioned areas. SEZ will be able to change the whole thinking and lifestyle of the people in general. Today, India must celebrate the efforts of Ambani’s. He has initiated move in the right direction to take its conservative citizens towards development. When he spends Rs 40000 crore in special economic zone in Haryana and other Rs 35000 in Maharastra and Gujarat, he shows the way. The SEZ will create new industry, build new infrastructure, create new jobs, bring new technology and in general, increase economic dynamism which are needed to this thriving country. SEZ will establish the infrastructures like hospital, schools, colleges, shopping complexes, domestic areas, and various industries which will help Indians unlearn the developing way of life. These establishments will automatically take the conservative Indians in a different world. The normal people associated with these developments will automatically grow with the gradient they need. The SEZ will change the landscape of 25,000 acres in Haryana. This will consists of low polluting units 6,500 acres, commercial establishments 5,000 acres, infrastructure 5,000 acres, residential 3,750 acres, institutional/recreational area 1,250 acres, agro airport (subject to approval), 2000 MW power plant and nano and biotechnology hubs and scope for agro industry. It will not only change these areas but it will bring revolution in change for the places around this. The people of north India, who are used to have deprived life amidst their abundance, will be able to get the best of the world. The success of such few projects will pave the way for India towards development. Today, when conservative people, traditional leaderships, parties based on few individuals and old policies are weakening the country moral, it is important that correct emphasis and futuristic hope should be kept alive through systematic dynamism. In the due course of time, the initiation and successes of SEZ should change the overall appreciation of existing social problems. Indian intelligentsia lacks appreciation of these changes in a big way. Either they are involved too much with self defeating Indian values or dangerously inclined to latest technological developments. Both these situation keep the educated people away from ground reality. That is the reason when the country few visionaries moving in some direction, other powerful people because of their prevalent ignorance move in backward direction. There is an urgent need to establish the changes. There is an urgent need to change the way we take major policies decision for desired growth. The significant changes could be listed as follows.
1. As employment from agriculture sector is drastically reducing in next 5-7 years from 64% to 44%, the bulk of citizen should move from conventional location and profession to new opportunities in value-added services for innovation and knowledge intensive products. Policy makers are afraid to accept the fact of this data. The establishment of SEZ will reduce the fear.
2. The person working in an agricultural sector has been traditionally very conservative and rigid in their approach towards life; they need to be encouraged to change their profession for the betterment of themselves and the country. They should never be given consolation by powerful people like President, Prime Minister or significant leaders that their life style will improve amidst deprivation. SEZ will show the life without deprivation without too much of mental pressure.
3. The backward class, schedule castes and schedule tribes, who have been predominantly left behind in the last few decades from being the part of the economic growth or India Shining and Incredible India has to be educated and encouraged to move out off the frog well to harness the growth of civilization at minor disturbances and dislocation. They should be educated, motivated and encouraged to move to town, cities and SEZs to take up better and well-earned profession with dignified life. This is a sever diversion from the earlier concepts by the renowned thinkers of developing countries but this has to be adopted to avoid the future catastrophes. Instead of reservation, scheduled castes, backwards and scheduled tribes should be trained to be eligible to join this futuristic life.
4. I have written earlier that Indian Intelligentsia are still busy in finding the strategy in bringing down the scale of perpetuating rural migrations to big town and cities in search of job opportunities which I believe is in total contradiction to the need of a develop society. We need to learn first and educate the others about the significant statistical changes which are taking place since last few decades. The people must move out from village or smaller cities to the big cities and now to special economic zones created by Ambani and others. Government must improve building infrastructure to support these movements.
5. There is a tremendous scarcity of educated and semi-educated person in the service sectors like Call Centres, BPOs, Software sectors, R & Ds, Manufacturing plants, etc., the recruiter are moving to small towns and villages to appoint and train poor, dedicated, sincere and hard working people for the benefit of this sector, irrespective of caste, creed or region. Now, it will be sez turn to grab the desired qualified people for their benefits.
6. The area where exploitation have been severe and no priorities have been given for the growth of population, are more prone to attract the attention and demand of the new industries. People are to be encouraged to move to a planned colony like sez for better amenities and better work output for systematic growth.
7. In the years to come, investments of the tune of thousands of crore in creating sez and developing around 85,000 cares with the whopping investments of Rs 75,000 crores, a large population will move from the neglected areas like Northeast, Bengal, Orissa, Bihar, and Jammu & Kashmir for a better life. These movements will accrue many benefits for those neglected arrears. These will reduce the burden on the land. The people who move out will get a better life. The remaining and left over people will have more land to feed less stomachs. The remaining people, however, due to enhance economical changes will have to have a more sophisticated and systematic life. They will have to understand these changes and mould themselves accordingly. They will perforce have to unlearn all habits of so-called poor people.
8. The availability of basic amenities in SEZs will broaden the living standard of large sections of population. They will unlearn things faster to have a better and dignified life.
India has witnessed poverty in its entire history. People have remained deprived for generation. They have got used to these things so deeply that they find uncomfortable to accept the improved changes. The forced developed situation with changing times will force to people to learn something better. They will be able to appreciate the meaning of good life. They will come to know the good part of life. The emerging opportunities in terms of profits and availability will compel large sections of the population to unlearn deprived life. Then only, they will be able to understand and appreciate the goodness of life. A conservative society like India will take few more years to understand the correct implication of SEZ on the self defeating mentality of Indians. SEZ will simplify the unlearn process for the curious and desirous people. It will help to understand the educated people to understand the goodness of life. It will individual to come out from their deprived situations. It will help people to forget the age-old traditions, self defeating behaviour and conservative thinking. The emergence and success of SEZ will show the good picture of this growing country. The people from developed countries will move along with the top 500 companies to these areas. The presence of these developed people provides opportunities, competitions and good environment. They will bring better culture and style. They will bring change to the Indian outdated thinking and conservative environment.
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