India 2020
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India 2020: A Vision for the New Millennium (published 1998 ISBN 067088271X) is a book, written by Dr. A P J Abdul Kalam, the current President of India and Y. S. Rajan.
Introduction
The book examines in depth the weakness and the strength of India, as a nation, and offers a vision of how India can emerge to be among the world's first four economic powers by 2020. Armed with a powerful opening, It is yet another example of Abdul Kalam's dedication and vision for India. The Book is dedicated to a young girl whom Kalam met and asked as "what is your dream" for which the young girl replied "I want to live in a developed India".
Chapters
The book's 300 pages are divided into 12 chapters:
- Can India Become a Developed Country?
- What Other Countries Envision for Themselves
- Evolution of Technology Vision 2020
- Food, Agriculture and Processing
- Materials and the Future
- Chemical Industries and Our Biological Wealth
- Manufacturing for the Future
- Services As People's Wealth
- Strategies Industries
- Health Care for All
- The Enabling Infrastructure
- Realizing the Vision
A quote
"A developed India by 2020, or even earlier, is not a dream. It need not be a mere vision in the minds of many Indians. It is a mission we can all take up - and succeed." - A P J Abdul Kalam.
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