A. Human resource is the key word today. B. The information age renders such a characterisation fallacious; a country’s wealth lies in its people, particularly in the development of their mental apacities. C. Human Resource Development, the department that includes education, has become one of the most important and controversial in the government. D. A rich country with poor people, was the traditional way of characterising India referring to its vast natural resources,flourishing paddy fields, forests, mineral wealth, a land where even the dust is golden in the ancient metaphor.