NationStates Jolt Archive

Education will drag the Confederacy out of Poverty, says Prime Minister

Prime Minister of the Indian Confederacy, Indra Patel, announced today that he would be focuses on “improving general economic growth, especially in the rural, disadvantaged areas of the Confederacy”. He has labelled his plan genius, as he plans to rise Education funding to nearly 10% of the budget, at $140 billion for 2012/2013 and also plans to rise the budget for Healthcare by 1%, Transport by the same and Defence by two percentage points, as there is a “need to modernize our massive military”. He said focusing on Education and building rural infrastructure projects (some that will have $8 billion ploughed into it) will help improving the countries economic outlook and stop poverty, which he ambitiously aims to decrease in the double digits over the next few years. He has said power plants and businesses investing in the country will help create more jobs, and if people in the countryside are trained for work in service and manufacturing industries they can go to the city or work in these out-of-city plants.

Indra said that “in truly rural areas education will focus more on skills that can help the economy…if a boy is to be a farmer, he will learn how to farm most effectively”. He also stated that thousands of kilometres of new transport links were being built, linking rural areas more to urban areas, especially useful with the advent of cheaper cars like the Tata Nano, meaning that rural schools near these transport links will be even more invested in as they will be taught for a life in tertiary industry. City schools will receive some of the new investment for ICT training, and to help new colleges specializing in ICT to be built. On the issue of defence, Indra said he would use to “upgrade the mechanics of India’s army…by investing in high quality tanks and fighters”. He is said to be interested in purchasing these modern upgrades from nations such as Russia or others in Europe.

However, the large budget which helps Education, Defence, Health and Transport will see falls in nearly all other sectors of the economy, some in the millions, others in the billions, one example being the National Disaster Fund, a government run charity organization, who is rumoured to have had government support halved after a good forecast for the next cyclone season. No spokesperson would comment however, as the government has kept the disgruntled employees quiet. But Ratan Singh, leader of the left-wing Indian Democratic Party (IDP) for 37 years, currently the fifth most popular in the country but with a highly vocal and rich minority support, said yesterday that “Indra may be trying to stop poverty, but increasing defence and maintaining his dubious “foreign military aid” policy, which we all seem to realize funds some terrorist organizations, and cutting social welfare and disaster help, is not the way to move forward”. He also stated that he had been tried to stop from making the statement, claiming “Indra Patel as Prime Minister is fast attempting to make the Confederacy into a one party state”.


(the desired effect is less poverty, more literacy, and a faster growing economy as workers, young and old, find it easier to be trained)

"India is growing in power and prosperity", announces Prime Minister

Last month it seemed as if a dark shadow was being cast across the developing world, when the League of Venice was announced. However, within days after the event the returning Ajit Patel, son of current Prime Minister Indra and his natural successor, told us "Europe is still a largely peaceful continent" and said "only a few lesser powers joined the League", noting the absence of Russia, Germany, Britain and Spain, though said the organization would still "need to be watched so it does not disturb the currently peaceful South Asian climate". He also continued to thank the nations, both European and abroad, who supported the anti-Imperialistic views of Patel and hoped for a better economic partnership with the "more peaceful nations of Europe who value what the developing world gives to their thriving economies".

Indra Patel was recently asked to comment on India's global position, and came back proudly saying "India is growing in power and prosperity". He highlighted the fact he was looking into future partnerships to create more advanced tanks and aircraft, their large armed forces and the fact India is ready to commence building its fourth aircraft carrier, a member of the Gandhi class (similar to many European aircraft carrier designs, to be released around 2012) as signals of the "power" of India. He also discussed the fact that "poverty was falling sharply already" due to the recent investment in education and technology, and said he expected India's growth rate to exceed 12% this economic year.

Fears grow after Kohima attack kills 27

In recent years peace has fallen across India seven-sister states. Other areas of India have encountered it, largely believed to be sponsored by Socialist nations and the dangerously quiet nation of Pyekan-Kuogu. However, in the morning rush of a Saturday market in the capital of the state of Nagaland, Northeastern India, named Kohima, two armed men, claiming in a letter recovered from their bodies afterwards, to be fighting "in the name of the end to Indian rule", opened fire killing 27 unarmed citizens. Both where killed in a gun-fight with Indian police forces after the market place had been largely cleared.

The attack has sparked new fears in Indian over terrorism in the states. Peaceful for years after fears of a socialist uprising were squashed, the area now seems to in fear of a further-right leaning terrorism. Previous terrorism has also always been previously used to primarily target the military, however was clearly focused on "just killing anything that was Indian", once policemen at the scene said. He also made no second guess on who was to blame, saying "before we feared the Socialists. Now it is Pyekan-Kuogu. They have been eyeing up our land for years and have also clearly been annoyed by the rumours that Indian has been sponsoring terrorism there. However, I feel our nation would not stoop so low. It is time for our leader, Indra Patel, to act."