{"id":808663,"date":"2021-07-27T15:47:58","date_gmt":"2021-07-27T10:17:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.youthkiawaaz.com\/2021\/07\/in-pursuit-of-alternative-policies\/"},"modified":"2021-07-27T16:21:53","modified_gmt":"2021-07-27T10:51:53","slug":"in-pursuit-of-alternative-policies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.youthkiawaaz.com\/2021\/07\/in-pursuit-of-alternative-policies\/","title":{"rendered":"“Future Belongs To Rationality Not Religion”: Looking For Alternatives In Assam"},"content":{"rendered":"
In the near future, inclusivity seems to be the only option left for Assam, to reach its development goals. <\/span><\/p> If one has to jot down the basic features of the Assam Economy, one must include<\/a> low per-capita income, low output yielding primary occupational patterns, high levels of unemployment as well as underemployment, heavy population pressure, unequal distribution of resources and income, low standard of living and most importantly, poor quality of human capital. <\/span><\/p> We have some of the most precious resources<\/a> in the state, only to be historically and systematically extracted ever since the colonial era, currently legitimized by the government, under a distorted notion of national development. The Education Ministry released the latest edition of the Performance Grading Index<\/a> in June this year, putting <\/span>Assam at the 31<\/span>st<\/span> rank with 738 points.<\/span><\/p>Exclusionary Economic Growth<\/h3>