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Forests are drivers of sustainability

Forests are vital indicators of environmental health and socioeconomic well-being of a nation. The recently released India State of Forest Report 2023 puts the forest cover of India at 21.76 per cent.

Paradox of Plenty

India‘s population bulge is also likely to strain sectors like education and healthcare, which suffer from massive under-investment currently. India‘s healthcare spending at 2.1 per cent of GDP is extremely low, even by developing country standards. With people aged 65 and above expected to double between 2023 and 2050, providing access to affordable and quality healthcare will be a significant challenge for India‘s policy wonks. Similarly, India spends $52 billion in educating almost 350 million children, which averages to a meagre $148 per child annually

Life & death

Glanville has written very little cricket, football and boxing having hardly allowed him a break, but the quoted paragraph has multi-purpose applicability.