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Human Development Index

We should have the right score sheet!

In India, we are proud of our Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth rate. We have been boasting a high growth rate for several years now and the results are visible on the streets of our metropolitan cities. We have glittering shopping plazas, restaurants, multiplexes and a section of the Indian kids love to hang out at the McDonalds and KFCs that are mushrooming across the cities. However, there is another section of Indian kids whom you will find working as daily wage earners in the small stalls near the same McDonalds and KFCs!

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