India Development Case Study

Question 1

Where does development usually occur in India?

Answer 1

Usually around urban cores, as opposed to rural peripheries

Question 2

Give an example of development happening around an urban core…

Answer 2

Bihar:
is India’s poorest state
86% live in rural areas
Average income is around 6000 rupees per person a year
55% of households live bellow poverty lines

Question 3

Give an another example of development happening around an urban core… not Bihar

Answer 3

Maharashtra:
India’s richest state
Mumbai has 17 universities
30,000 rupees average a monthly income
Contains a population of Mumbai (21 million people)

Question 4

What are the reasons for development happening around an urban core?

Answer 4

Infrastructure
Investment
Skilled workers
All attracts foreign district

Question 5

What is public investment?

Answer 5

Investment by the state

Question 6

List some example of public investment

Answer 6

Eduction
Health
Transport
Housing

Question 7

The public sector in India is bigger than where?

Answer 7

The USA and the UK

Question 8

What is private investment?

Answer 8

Inward investment by TNCs and businesses. Much of it is foreign direct investment

Question 9

How much was the FDI raised from? 2005-2014

Answer 9

$17,800 million in 2005-2007 to $34,400 million in 2014

Question 10

What is India the biggest recipient of?

Answer 10

Foreign aid but it has decreased in recent years

Question 11

Who dies India give aid to?

Answer 11

Nepal and the Maldives

Question 12

What was anticipated in 2014-2015 to do with aid in India?

Answer 12

It was anticipated that expenditure was 1.3 billion, over double what it received

Question 13

What is the PRIMARY change and impact of economic structures?

Answer 13

contribution of agriculture to India’s GDP was down from 58% to 26% which increased mechanisation

Question 14

What was the positive impact of the PRIMARY change resulting in an impact on economical structures in India?

Answer 14

It improved the ability to make money following urbanisation

Question 15

What was the negative impact of the PRIMARY change resulting in an impact on economical structures in India?

Answer 15

The break down of traditional family unit
Challenges of rural to urban settlements
Eg: squatter settlements

Question 16

What was the SECONDARY change that impacted the economic structures of India?

Answer 16

Secondary industry contribution was up from 15% to 17%
Coca Cola had 57 manufacturing companies in India in 2020

Question 17

What was the positive impact of the SECONDARY change resulting in an impact on economical structures in India?

Answer 17

more technology advanced jobs available
Coca Cola employed over 25,000 people in 2020
Coca Cola have had a Development of infrastructure- have installed 500 rainwater harvesting structures

Question 18

What was the negative impact of the SECONDARY change resulting in an impact on economical structures in India?

Answer 18

A widening development gap- increased the impact on the environment
Harvest dropped by 40% due to poor irrigation
510,000 litres of water Drawn each day which increased population density in cities

Question 19

How did tertiary changes have an impact on economic structures?

Answer 19

Tertiary increased from 27% to 52%

Question 20

What was the positive impact of the TERTIARY change resulting in an impact on economical structures in India?

Answer 20

It increased employment opportunities
Growth of India’s economic with rising GDP and GNI
440 admin jobs for BT outsourced from UK to India

Question 21

What was the negative impact of the TERTIARY change resulting in an impact on economical structures in India?

Answer 21

There isn’t any

Question 22

How did the change in Quaternary iMacs economic structures in India?

Answer 22

Fastest growing telecom market in the world

Question 23

What was the positive impact of the QUATERNARY change resulting in an impact on economical structures in India?

Answer 23

Over one million new ICT jobs created instead of investment

Question 24

What was the negative impact of the QUATERNARY change resulting in an impact on economical structures in India?

Answer 24

There are none :)

Question 25

What has happened to the fall in death rate?

Answer 25

Life expectancy has increased from 54 years (1985) to 68 years (2015)
Reduced infant mortality and improved maternal mortality due to improved healthcare and vacation programme ect

Question 26

Why is birth rate high but reducing in India?

Answer 26

Lack of contraception
Children to work
Over compensate for high infant mortality
However beginning to fall

Question 27

What has happened to the natural increase of India?

Answer 27

It has increased due to a high birth rate so it has been high
Population has increased by 68% science 1990
Population now 1.3 billion

Question 28

Describe the features of the pyramid in India…

Answer 28

Decline in young dependents
Increasing elderly dependents
economic activity increased

Question 29

Describe the technological and development of different groups of people

Answer 29

Massive advances in technology- 61million broadband connections in 2013
BUT a huge digital divide
More than half of these broadband connections were just in 5 states

Question 30

What does increased inequality mean?

Answer 30

A wider gap between the rich and the poor. A continued low status of women
Old people not benefited