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Competencies
C-4.6

• Critical thinking
• Information literacy
21st CENTURY SKILLS
• AIL
2 India—Human Resources

Warm Up

Tick () the right answer. To progress, India needs

1. healthy, unskilled human resources

2. unhealthy, skilled human resources

3. healthy, skilled human resources

What are human resources? Very simply
speaking, the term, ‘Human resource’ means

human beings as a resource. But, precisely
speaking, human resource does not only count

the total population, but rather the efficient
population.

India is the seventh largest country in the world. It is the most populous
country in the world. It has a large variety of natural resources too.
But, all these do not make the country rich. These resources have to be

made useful by human beings. The people should be educated, healthy,

skilled, honest and hardworking. Thus, people or human beings having
such qualities in a country are called human resources.

Nowadays, a machine can do the work of hundreds of people. Skilled

workers are needed to run the machines. Thus, the main need is a large
number of skilled workers. For progress, every country must look after

its natural as well as human resources.

The total population of our country is more than 140 crores. Thus, we

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