Minister for Info Know-how and Digital Providers Palanivel Thiaga Rajan on Thursday stated that excessive wealth disparity between numerous sections of individuals, which has been pushed by hyper-globalisation, remained a key problem within the current.
Talking on the theme ‘The crises of the 21st century and the way forward’ on the three-day forty eighth All India Sociological Convention 2023, which was collectively organised by the Indian Sociological Society (ISS) and Vellore Institute of Know-how (VIT) at VIT campus campus right here, Mr. Rajan stated that hyper-globalisation has helped combine economies of assorted international locations and create a standard common marketplace for shoppers. It has additionally helped to create unprecedented wealth for creating international locations like China, he stated.
Nevertheless, he stated that higher polarisation and the deterioration of politics have been a few of the penalties of hyper-globalisation. Such deterioration might need helped some political events win elections, but it surely has resulted in a dearth of leaders with statesmanship.
Lack of statesmen has additionally led to the crumbling of nice establishments just like the U.N. in saving harmless lives that have been getting misplaced in armed battle like in Ukraine and Gaza. “Eminent sociologists should find solutions to challenges such as global warming, climate change, rising inequality, and polarisation to ensure an equitable society,” he stated.
Lags in per capita earnings
In his presidential deal with, G. Viswanathan, founder chancellor, VIT, stated that regardless of India changing into the world’s fifth largest economic system in November, pushing France and the U.Ok. behind, the nation nonetheless lags in per capita earnings as India stands on the 139th rank with $2,600 per 12 months as in opposition to China, which has $12,600 per 12 months.
The Chancellor stated that China and India opened their economies in 1978 and 1991, respectively, with round $20 per capita earnings hole between them. Nevertheless, a long time later, China grew tremendously in per capita earnings as in comparison with India, primarily because of the present caste system within the nation, he stated.
Extra skyscrapers
Mr. Viswanathan advocated for the development of extra skyscrapers in cities like Chennai and Bengaluru, as it might not solely present higher housing lodging for folks but additionally save cultivable lands from being transformed into residential plots.
On the convention, Mr. Rajan honoured Chandrashekhar Bhatt, former professor of Sociology, College of Hyderabad, and Professor Virginius Xaxa, former professor of Sociology, Delhi Faculty of Economics, with lifetime achievement awards within the presence of Professor Abha Chauhan and Professor Manish Verma, president and secretary of ISS, respectively.
VIT’s vice-presidents, Sankar Viswanathan and G.V. Selvam, gave away the Professor M.N. Srinivas Memorial Prize to N.B. Lekha, assistant professor, Division of Sociology, S.N. Faculty, Thiruvananthapuram, and Aleena Sebastian, assistant professor, Faculty of Social Sciences, Nationwide Institute of Superior Research (NIAS), Bangalore.