Dangers of Global Language


The benefits which would flow from the existence of the global language are considerable but several commentators have pointed to possible risks. perhaps  a global language will cultivate an elite monolingual linguistic class, more complacent and dismissive in  their attitude towards other languages. Perhaps those who have such a language at their disposal- and specially those who have it as a mother tongue- will be more able to think and work quickly in it, and to manipulate it to their own advantage at the expense of those who do not  have it . the presence of a global language will make people lazy about learning other language or reduce their opportunities to do so. Perhaps a global language will hasten the disappearance of minority languages or the ultimate threat – make all other languages unnecessary.
      It is important to face up to these fears , and to recognize that they are widely held. There is no shortage of mother language or tongue English speaker who believe in an evolutionary view of language. There are many people who think that all languages learning is waste of time. The use of a single language by a community is  no guarantee of social harmony or mutual understanding, as has been repeatedly seen in the world history (eg the American civil war , the Spanish civil war , the Vietnam war , former Yugoslavia contemporary northern Ireland )nor does the presence of more than one language within a community necessitate civil strife , as seen in several successful examples of peaceful multilingual coexistence (Finland , Singapore , switzerland ) . 
1 Linguistic power 
 The first danger is linguistic power. That people who do not have English as their mother language , but have it instead as their second or foreign language , will have a disadvantage in front of those , who do have it as a mother tongue . Global language might cultivate an elite class with native speaker, who take advantage of the possibility to think and work quickly in their mother tongue . If this was the case they might, manipulate it to their advantage at the expense of those who has another language as their mother tongue and in this way create a linguistic gap between people.
2 Linguistic complacency 
There is a possibility that a global language may make people lazy about learning other languages, or reduce their opportunities to do so . This type of attitude has brought some disadvantage to them. Whereas nonnative person can speak two languages, the natives can speak only one language. But nowadays their rigid attitude is changing.  There are clear signs of growing awareness, within the English speaking communities, of the need to break away from the traditions of monolingual bias . They have realized that boosting exports and attracting foreign investment involves learning foreign languages. To solve, this problems some measures have been taken. For example Australian school now teach Japanese as the first foreign language  and both USA and UK are now playing more attention to Spanish.
3 Linguistic Demise
An introduction of a global language might lead to discrimination of other languages. Losing language is equal to losing of identity. The language is much more than just tool for communication. There is a difference between ‘language death and language murder.’ Language death when a language disappear naturally; its speaker are leaving voluntarily, but language murder means that the killer language actively discourage use of other language. Minority language may be remove from the media and education systems. English is reffered as a ‘killer language’, which means that it is a dominant language learned subtractive, at the cost of the mother tongue, rather than additively.


Could anything stop a global language?


Written by-Cheena Magar

There were for the most part people who were pleased that the report had engaged the central issue of global community, but they took us to task for not going on – in as they thought in a logical way- to call for world language. They could not see how the global neighbourhood, the global community, which they acknowledge had come into being, could function  effectively without a world language. A neighbourhood that can only talk in the tongues of many was not a Neighbourhood that was likely to be cohesive or, even cooperative.. and they were right in one respect; but they were wrong in the sense that we have a world language.

Strong political statement of this kind immediately prompt the question ‘could anything stop a language, once it achieve a global status?’ The short answer must be ‘YES’. If language dominance is a matter of political and especially economic influence, then a revolution in the balance of global power could have consequences for the choice of global language. There is no shortage of books- chiefly within the genre of science fiction- which foresee a future in which, following some cataclysmic scenario, the universal language is Chinese, Arabic or even some Alien tongue. But end up with such a scenario, the revolution would indeed have to be cataclysmic, and it is difficult to speculate sensibly about what this might be. Smaller- scal revolution in the world order would be unlikely to have much effect, given that- as we shall see in later chapter- English is now so widely established that it can no longer be thought of as ‘owned’ by any single nation.

A rather more plausible scenario is that an alternative method of communication could emerge which would eliminate method of global language. This way people communicate using their own language with a computer translating. In 20-50 years the speed and accuracy of these machines will be improved, but it will take longer because they become globally widespread and economically accessible. During this period of time the position of English as a global language is going to become stronger and stronger.


Electricity in Nepal




1. Percentage of People who have Access to Electricity

The above chart clearly shows the increasing access of electricity to the people. In 1999, nearly 20% of the population had access to electricity. The figure is increasing as the year passes by. In 2018, approximately 95% of the population had access to the electricity. 

2. Percentage of People in Rural and Urban Area who have Access to Electricity

The above chart clearly shows that people of urban areas are having more access to the electricity than rural areas. Nepal is badly known for the  regional inequality which can be seen from the above chart. People in the rural area have less access to the electricity due to the difficult geography in rural area, less infrastructure development and most important, inappropriate policy and unstable government. Yet, there seems to be the development. As the year passes by, people in rural area are having access to the electricity. After 2012, the bar diagram shows the nearly equal access of electricity to both the population of Rural and Urban area.

3. Consumption of Electricity
a. Net Electricity Consumption in billion kilowatt hours
fig A
b. Consumption of Electricity by different sector in ktoe 

c. Electricity Consumption per Population

 Both the above figures show increase in the consumption of the electricity. In the initial stage there was very less consumption of the electricity, the reason might be simple that in that time there was less access to the electricity and less electric device but as the time goes on, the consumption is increasing as the access to the electricity and development and use of electric device has gradually increased.

4. Electricity Generation
a. By Hydro power

b. By renewable, low-carbon sources and fossil fuels

Nepal has a great boon in the renewable and low carbon sources such as water, wind, solar. Due to many fast flowing river, the major source of electricity generation is hydropower which is also followed by solar and wind energy. 

5. Powerplants  in Nepal
a. Major Hydropower Stations in Nepal
Power Plants        Capacity(KW)
1 Kaligandaki A            144,000
2 Middle Marsyandi        70,000
3 Marsyandi                     69,000
4 Trishuli                          24,000
5 Sunkoshi                        10,050
6 Gandaki                           15,000
7 Kulekhani I                     60,000
8 Devighat                         14,100
9 Kulekhani II                   32,000
10 Puwa Khola                   6,200
11 Modi Khola                  14,800
12 Chameliya                    30,000
13 Upper Trishuli 3A HEP 60,000
  Sub Total                         549,150
b. Thermal Power Plants
Thermal Power Plants Capacity(KW)
1 Duhabi Multifuel           39,000
2 Hetauda Diese              l 14,410
Total                                53,410
c. Solar Power Plants in Nepal
Solar Power Plants Capacity(KW)
1 Simikot                      50
2 Gamgadhi                  50
Total                             100

6. Trade of Electricity

Like other trade, there is high import rather than export of electricity. 

7. Upcoming and Under Construction  Power Station in Nepal
a. Under Construction Hydropower in Nepal
Under Construction                             Capacity(KW)
1 Upper Tamakoshi Hydropower          456,000
Project                                             
2 Tanahu Hydropower Project             140,000
3 Kulekhani III HEP                             14,000
4 Rahuganga HEP                                 40,000
5 Upper Sanjen                                     14,600
6 Sanjen                                                42,500
7 Rasuwagadi                                      111,000
8 Madhya Bhotekoshi                         102,000
9 Upper Trishuli 3B                              37,000
Total                                                    957,100
b. Planned and Proposed Hydropower in Nepal
Planned and Proposed              Capacity(KW)
1 Upper Arun HEP                      10,61,000
2 Upper Modi A HEP                       42,000
3 Upper Modi HEP                           18,200
4 Dudhkoshi Storage HEP             6,35,000
5 Tamor Storage HEP                     762,000
6 Uttar Ganga Storage HEP            828,000
7 Tamakoshi V HEP                         95,000
8 Aandhikhola Storage HEP          180,000
9 Chainpur Seti HEP                      210,000
10 Begnas Rupa Pump Storage     150,000
 HEP 
Total                                             2,285,200
Sources:
1. Annual Report of Nepal Electricity Authority, Released on 2018

Condition of Trade in Nepal (2017)


1. Status of Import and Export in Nepal

The above chart shows Nepal is having a massive import as compared to the export. In 2017, Nepal reported import of about 10,038 million US dollar whereas the export was about 741 million US dollar which was far more lesser than the import. There exists a huge gap between import and export in Nepal. This gap can be seen through the trade balance line [ Trade Balance is the difference between Export and Import, If trade balance is in positive then it means export has been carried out in large number than import, however, if trade balance is in negative sign, then it means import is greater than export.]. In 1994, the story of trade in Nepal is completely different than the present situation, there was a small gap between export and import. In 1994, the export was about 385 million US Dollar whereas the import was about 1,111 million US dollar.
2. Conditions of Trade in Nepal (in 2017 AD)
a. Top five countries to which Nepal exported in 2017 are below, along with the percent of total exports that went to that country:
  1. Nepal export to India worth US$ 420 million, with a partner share of 56.72 percent.
  2. Nepal exports to US worth US$ 83 million, with a partner share of 11.15 percent.
  3. Nepal exports to Turkey worth US$ 48 million, with a partner share of 6.42 percent.
  4. Nepal exports to Germany worth US$ 29 million, with a partner share of 3.93 percent.
  5. Nepal exports to UK worth US$ 25 million, with a partner share of 3.42 percent.
b. Top five countries from which Nepal imported goods in 2017 are below, along with percent of total imports that came from the country :


  1. Nepal Imports from India worth US$ 6,520 million, with a partner share of 64.95 percent.
  2. Nepal imports from China worth US$ 1,267 million, with a partner share of 12.63 percent.
  3. Nepal imports from Unspecified worth US$ 207 million, with a partner share of 2.06 percent.
  4. Nepal imports from UAE worth US$ 175 million, with a partner share of 1.74 percent.
  5. Nepal imports from France worth US$ 155 million, with a partner share of 1.55 percent.
c. The top five exported  products in 2017 to world by Nepal along with trade value are:
  1. Nepal exported Carpets and other textile floor coverings, of w , worth US$ 66,224.29 thousands.
  2. Nepal exported Cardamoms , worth US$ 43,525.00 thousands.
  3. Nepal exported Yarn, <85% polyester staple fibres, with artifi , worth US$ 40,008.18 thousands.
  4. Nepal exported Mixtures of juices, unfermented, not containing , worth US$ 31,377.19 thousands.
  5. Nepal exported Woven fabrics obtained from synthetic strip or , worth US$ 29,569.54 thousands.
d. The top five imported products in 2017 from world by Nepal along with trade value are
  1. Nepal imported Petroleum oils, etc, (excl. crude); preparation , worth US$ 1,098,973.34 thousands.
  2. Nepal imported Semi-fin prod, iron or non-alloy steel, cntg by , worth US$ 468,393.52 thousands.
  3. Nepal imported Gold in oth semi-manufactured forms,non-monetar , worth US$ 261,993.75 thousands.
  4. Nepal imported Cement clinkers , worth US$ 253,956.92 thousands.
  5. Nepal imported Petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons, , worth US$ 231,877.25 thousands.
e. Exports and Imports of Product Groups


Product Groups
Exports (in $ million)
Imports (in $ million)
Raw Materials
44
945
Intermediate Goods
273
3497
Consumer Goods
409
3259
Capital Goods
14
2299


 3. Number of Import and Export Partners; and Number of Imported and Exported Products of Nepal (shown in the form of trends
                                                                             


Year
Number of Import Partners
Number of Products Imported
Number of Export Partners
Number of Products Exported
1998
73
256
58
120
2003
95
4167
78
1086
2010
146
4022
146
1088
2014
153
4134
128
1151
2017
147
4146
124
1093

Migration in Nepal


Internal Migration in Nepal:

a.      Waves of Migration in Nepal

i.First Wave: It was present during Prithivi Narayan Shah and his successor until 18th Century. Migration was mainly due to the Jhara labor in which youths were used for different purposes such as transport of military and other supplies, construction of temples, palaces, bridges, forts, etc. Jhara labor was kind of forced labor required to leave their villages to provide services in distant culture.

ii.Second Wave: The second wave of internal migration emerged in the mid-50s with the implementation of the state sponsored resettlement programme of hill people to Tarai. The main objective of the resettlement programme was land colonisation of Tarai and increase agricultural production. Launched by Rapti Valley Development Project (RVDP) and Nepal Resettlement Company (NRC), the resettlement programme continued until the late 80s in Chitwan and Nawalparasi. Under the RVDP, 5,233 households were settled in Rapti Valley of Chitwan. In addition, an estimated 7,000 families settled spontaneously each year in the Tarai region. NRC settled 1,504 families in Nawalparasi and there were more than 10,000 spontaneous settlements.

iii. Third Wave:  It emerged during advent of democracy in 1951 with socio-economic transformation of the country. Nepal witnessed a rapid increase in the volume of internal migrants because of the expansion of employment opportunities in informal sectors.

b.     Inter-District Migrants

              Year

Inter District migrants (as Percentage)

              1961

4.7%

             1971

-

             1981

8.6%

            1991

9.6%

           2001

13.2%

            2011

14.8%

d.     Migration by Place of Residence:

Place of Residence

Percentage of Migrants

Rural-Urban

33.5%

Urban-Urban

4.5%

Rural-Rural

59.2%

Urban-Rural

2.9%

International Migration in Nepal

a.      Absentee Population

Year

Total (in percentage)

Male (in Percentage)

Female (in Percentage)

 1981

2.6%

81.3%

18.5%

  1991

3.4%

83.2%

16.8%

 2001

3.2%

89.2%

10.8%

   2011

7.3%

87.6%

12.4%

b.Percentage of Migrants to Destination Countries

Year

To India

To Other Countries

1981

93.1%

6.9%

1991

89.2%

12.8%

2001

77.3%

22.7%

2011

37.6%

61.4%

b.     Emigration Rate in Nepal=10.77 per thousand people

c.      Immigration Rate in Nepal=0.46 per thousand people

d.     Gross Migration Rate in Nepal= 11.23 per thousand people

e.      Net Migration Rate in Nepal= -10.32 per thousand people