Pacific Orient

Many people feel that 21st century is going to be then Asian Century.People often talk about the rising economies of China and India. However, it may not happened if the income of an Asia person gets less than 2 dollars a day. So, what is the definition of property? Well, I believe its stated most from the media. But, if the definition of poverty is measured less than a dollar a day of income, then Asia will have 600million of poor people. If the definition is measured as an income of two dollars a day then the number of poor people in Asia will dramatically increase to nearly 2 billion people.

“ More than 600 million Asians live below the $1-a-day poverty level, or “more than two-thirds of the world’s poor,” the report said. “If the poverty line is raised to $2 a day, Asia has about 1.9 billion poor people,” or more than three-fourths of the world total, it said.

The percentage of people living on $1 a day in South Asia, which includes India and Bangladesh, dropped to 28.4 percent in 2003 from 40.9 percent in 1990, the report said. In East Asia, which includes China, it fell to 14.9 percent from 31.2 percent.”

“A new study conducted by the International Labour Organisation has warned that unemployment will become more acute in South Asia in the next decade as the labour force in the region is expected to grow by around 2.1 per cent a year.

Because of the growth in labour force, 14 million more people will be added to the labour market by 2015, as per a report on labour and social trends in South Asia.

The report says the most rapid increase will be in countries with the greatest number of working poor and the largest informal economies such as Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Nepal and Pakistan, and slowest in Sri Lanka.”

India economy is growing but the job market in India is however not growing at all. This sad reality clearly shows that Asian governments need to take the issue of unemployments very seriously. People without jobs has already become a cause of concern for the decision makers in India.  Asian leaders should do some work about this, and start  should come up with a solution as soon as possible.

Tsunami was a big disaster for Asian countries. It devastated

“On Dec. 26, 2004, giant waves triggered by one of the most powerful earthquakes ever recorded pulverised villages along

Nepal has just started to see political stability but this small country is afflicted by various problems. One major problem is the fake education certificate. There are many people in Nepal who are working in different high ranking posts with no education qualifications at all. A former public service commission secretary revealed that there are 35000 people in government offices holding fake educational certificates.

“It has been reported time and again that many people in the country have been enjoying high posts submitting fake educational certificates. According to some sporadic reports flashed on media, there are fairly a large number of people who have occupied high-ranking posts in the government services using fake educational certificates. It is believed that there could be people in every government sector with fake certificates, mostly bought from India. In such a situation to take any action against those people who are now in the influential positions, will be an uphill task. It is suspected that even there could be some employees within the CDC who might possess fake Indian certificates. These people will never support any probe formed to look into fake educational certificates. This was the reason why a free and fair investigation failed to make a steady headway in the past. Under this circumstance, we have plenty of reasons for doubting about the work undertaken by the CDC.

Now the question that every Nepali wants to ask the CDC whether its staff would perform their task by alacrity and determination. However, we have yet to see that how the new government will react against those culprits who have been enjoying the perks, which they do not deserve for that. Much sensation was created when one of the then secretaries of Public Service Commission (PSC) revealed that about 35,000 persons in the government service hold fake certificates. This statement of the secretary instilled a sense of fear in the mind of many employees who held fake certificates. Later when a high-level probe committee was formed to look into employees with fake certificates, defaulters sensed an axe hanging over their neck that could land at any moment. Before an action was taken against them, many employees decided to quit their jobs voluntarily.”

I believe this is a serious problem because education is one of five basic needs of human beings. Without good education, a country can never be developed. A person who undergoes hardship to acquire education deserves respect. If another person with no educational qualifications gets better job than the educated person then what is the meaning of acquiring education. If Nepal’s government allows this to continue then many people in Nepal would become disheartened. Necessary steps must be taken to find the guilty and punish them.