Group Discussions - Part I
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3. Sustained and serious thinking
along this line may help create an atmosphere conducive for a dialogue for
peace. This particular awareness will force our political leadership to
harmonize and dovetail their policies and programmes for larger and futuristic
national interests.
(2) "There should be a ban on
migration of educated Indians"
FOR
1. Migration of educated Indians
is a huge loss to the country. A poor country like India with a high rate of
illiteracy cannot afford this loss. It means a loss of trained technical or
general manpower. It also means a loss of their creative potential that a
developing country like India can ill-afford.
2. Migration of educated Indians
also means financial loss to the exchequer. Education is very costly. It is
heavily subsidised by the government. It is estimated that the government spends
about Rs. 1.5 Lakhs on every medical graduate, Rs. 1 Lakh on every engineering
graduate and Rs. 30,000 - Rs. 50,000 on arts, commerce and science graduates.
All this investment is wasted owing to a high rate of 'brain-drain' from the
country.
3. Migrating for monetary
benefits or for other materialistic values is not a very healthy trend. It
reveals a sort of anti-national trend. India is faced with immense
socio-political and economic problems like communalism, nepotism,
drug-addiction, trafficking, regionalism, smuggling, etc. This situation calls
for the educated and intelligent Indians to come forward and mobilise the
energies of the masses into concrete ideas and actions, and make the Indian
democracy a success.
AGAINST
1. Banning educated Indians from
migrating would be against democratic traditions and would mean denial of
individual rights.
2. The state of economy in India
cannot absorb or offer good working conditions to many educated specialists and
technically trained personnel. The pay scales offered to many educated Indians
are far below their expectations and needs. The working conditions prevalent in
India are not of international standards. They have no alternative but to
migrate.
3. It is evident from the recent
trend that many Indians who have migrated have come back to India or are
investing money in the Indian economy. This has proved to be highly beneficial
to the country. Thus, the migrated Indians represent the country's assets and
can be of use to the country in future.