India is the Tenth Industrialized country in the world and is the sixth nation to have gone into outer space. It is the seventh largest country in the world, which accounts for a meagre 2.4% of the world's surface yet sustains and supports a whopping 16.7% of the world population - 1028 million or a BILLION of them!
The population of India, which at the turn of the twentieth century was around 238.4 million, increased to reach 1028 million. Which means that the population of India has grown steadily.
Is this extraordinary demography showing its dividends? And if so, has it reflected in the sixty years of its freedom, Independance and growth?
