GDP(Gross Domestic Product) along with GDH(Gross Domestic Happiness) would be the right Indices for  judging the well-being of a country.

          

       ‘‘Artha’ is not the only condition to take Society from Poverty to Prosperity.’’

A country is said to be prosperous when it has sturdily consolidated economy, but it is only a necessary condition not sufficient condition. In todays world, GDP (Gross Domestic Product ) of any country is directly taken into consideration to know the status of a country in world perspective, But it would be frivolous if we not take GDH(Gross domestic happiness) for drawing unambiguous efficacy and well being of that particular country. Economic well being can't alone guarantee Social well being, there are myriad of factors which directly and sometimes indirectly plays a decisive role in making human life worth enjoyable. A country with high economic boom but without rudimentary facilities like Drinking water, health, protection of life and Education is nothing but a den of destitutes and penurious who have no future but a life full of anxiety, grief and agony. In this juncture we perceive, GDP (Gross domestic product ) alone can't fetch a clear idea about the Well being and life style of citizens and by blending it with GDH ( Gross domestic happiness) we can have impeccable indices for judging the wellbeing of a country.

Burgeoning GDP in scarcity of sustainable development can't help any country in long run, because GDP is calculated without estimating the devastation of 'Natural environment' which is the ''Common wealth of all Human being'' and a source of subsistence for thousands of people living in tribal regions. The main problem with which Citizens are confronting is 'Inefficacious Governance' which has totally failed in delivering the goods and services to its people, If GDP denotes 'the final goods and services in a region for particular time', Who will deliver it? Governance fiasco is independent of GDP estimation where Governance has to do many things with real life of citizens, It would be flawed to take only GDP as a yardstick of Well being of a country, Isn't it?

Heterogeneity in economic aggregation is the major problem in Indian Society, if 100 people are billionaire, Millions are living on 21 Rupee a day, Major Portion of the population Still have to rely on Agriculture barely with any certainty, It is clear from the number of suicides farmers are commiting every year.

According to the latest data available with the World Bank, India is the world's 10th largest economy by nominal GDP and 3rd largest Economy by Purchasing Power parity (PPP). According to World Bank 33 % of Indian people fall below the International poverty line and India has a third of the world's poor. This is also deciphered in The Book 'Target 3 billion' by A.P.J. Abdul Kalam. How can we explain this contrasting figure??  In perspective of GDP estimation India has no precedents in this globe, but in juxtaposition when we see the poor, India is the dweller of Largest poor in the world. Where a single person is doing manipulation of thousands of crores in IPL matches, there thousands of people sleep with an appetite belly. They are not Part of GDP calculation??  There well being should not be regarded in calculating India's well being??

Caste based discrimination, honor killing, delay in justice, getting anything done through lethal red tape, where there is crisis in Rule of law, all these affect our life directly and besides mammon, these are the ingredients which make life cumbersome and clumsy, annihilation of these can provide us the right indices and can adjudge the well being of a person in the society. ??  'Money' and 'happiness' is independent terms, Single entity can't define the status of well being of a person or a country. People sometimes with extra mammon are found more depressed than hackneyed persons who have a balance of both money and happiness. Some people are so poor that they have nothing but 'Money'. GDP is a half baked data, on the basis of which we can't decide the country's well being.

Democracy is only an idea until it's tenets are executed right from the Individual level. The Essence of Democracy lies in the Freedom of its people. India ranks 116th out of 145 nations on the freedom Index. A country where people are bounded with unnecessary obligations and their rights are not taken care of, Can we say only GDP alone can diktat the country's prosperity

Gurcharan Das's Query in his recent book 'India Grows at Night' is. How is it that one of the world's most stable, vigorous democracies with an enviable records of Economic growth has among the worst records in Human development? Bangladesh and other third world countries score better in infant mortality. India's child malnutrition levels are among the highest. Learning Achievements in government primary schools are among worse- on par with Ghana. The Stubborn persistence of child malnutrition is particularly tragic. In sub-Saharan Africa only 30 percent children are malnourished, versus 50 per cent in India. One third of the babies in India are born with low birthweight compared to one-sixth in sub-Saharan Africa. These are the some mesmerizing and intriguing points which coerce us to contemplate over it, and also emphasize why we must zero in on Gross Domestic Happiness (GDH) along with GDP to draw the Unambiguous Indices of a country like India.

Along with 'Economic well being' we need to be 'Social well being' along with "Moral well being'', to attain all these I do believe we need Bureaucracy reforms, Police reforms and Judiciary reforms in the same way we did Economic reforms in 1991. Reforms Kick-off when there is Crisis in the system, we have enough Crisis in our social system which are hampering our Happiness and well being but we are not enough competent to perceive that crisis. The only way to eradicate problems is to evaluate them. Once we shall include GDH in addition to GDP to measure the well being of a country many questions would be answered in the way.

Fundamental unit of any country is not society but a family, we can't have an idea of family or family would collapse without a responsible woman who can look after its inevitabilities?  Woman accomplish a major portion of the work in the society, as a daughter, as a wife,  as a mother, as a cook, She work almost 15-16 hours a day, There contribution is sine qua non for prosperity in the society and country, We termed their contribution as 'Care economy'. Then why their chunk of work is not Included in calculating the GDP of a nation?? If it is not Possible to add it in GDP, we can count it in GDH. Now, we can analyse how a nation's status can be adjudged without Including GDH. Taking only GDP to know the country's well being is a foiled attempt to know the reality.

BY:- Tanveer Ashraf