People As Resource

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1. The quality of population depends upon the literacy rate, health of a person indicated by life expectancy and skill formation acquired by the people of the country.
2. The quality of the population decides the growth rate of the country.

Education is the most important component of human resource development. In view of its contribution towards the growth of the society, government expenditure on education as a percentage of GDP rose from 0.64% in 1951-52 to 3.98% in 2002-03. However, our national goal is 6% of GDP.

Health is another very important component of human resource development.

The efficiency of workers largely depends on their health.

There has been considerable improvement in the country’s health standard. For instance, the life expectancy at the time of birth in India rose from 37.2 years in 1951 to 63.9 years in 2001.

Similarly, infant mortality rate has come down from 147 to 70 during the same time period.