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And you do realise that with a bigger economy comes an increase in per capita income too, right?

I respectfully disagree. It will improve economically, that's much is a certainty that pretty much ever economist has agreed with. A bad year for India is 6% growth. That says something.

Not every Indian doctor and engineer in India migrates abroad (who do you think designed and built their mars mission?). Also currently, around half of India's economy is based in agriculture so increasing focus on the secondary sector is a good thing to balance things out a bit.

I've heard overpopulation thing a lot, I'm probably in the minority that thinks India's population is a good thing. A few decades from now India will have a potential domestic market of 1.5 billion people. That's a huge opportunity economically as long as the right policies are pursued. And the population is projected to stabilise naturally toward the end of this century. Besides, India is a big country. It can handle it.

Does it? Wouldn't that depend on how fast the population increases? Total wealth is irrelevant if it is spread thinly.

India's per capita GDP (PPP) is about $6,000. It has a long way to go to catch up with Canada's $45,000, especially when its economy is growing at 6% and its population is growing 17%. It is falling behind, not catching up.

It is a shame you have had to descend to insults instead or real argument.

Fair enough.

I actually thought the secondary sector was majorly dominant. Half of the economy being in agriculture while the rest being secondary isn't really a good thing. It's very easy for developed countries to take advantage of these by paying jack for whatever India produces in bulk. Just watch a documentary on how poorly the workers are paid. Being stuck in the secondary sector is an improvement and the country has potential but for the present it's not a great thing.

It is a minority lol. You've got high unemployment rates (hence, slow development), and while it may be a "big country", it would definitely lack resources to provide for as many people such as food, oil, clean water...; there would be lack of services such as education, healthcare, transportation as well as fewer houses leading to more people living in slums, with more people, you get more disease and again a bigger strain on healthcare... etc. The list goes on.

Not all 1.5 billion people have the cash to boost the economy, so no it's more of an economic burden.

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Which is exactly why India is home to the Golden temple and has more gurdwaras and churches than Pakistan.

If the current government can only ever do one thing, it would be to get rid of MNREGA - it is such a huge waste of money and it adds very little value (if any) to the Indian economy. It has to go down as one of the failures of the previous administration and, only for political reasons, the current govt. are intent on keeping it

There are so many good reforms and projects being launched by the current govt. but MNREGA is just a blood cash sucker

If I recall, after the partition of India and Pakistan, Hindus massacred more Sikhs in one year than in Pakistan's 70 odd year history combined, and have systematically divided Punjab into multiple states and removed Punjabi from schools in Punjab itself, and has also weakened them by diverting loads of Punjab's river water to other states (at the risk of drying up Punjab in the long run)... let's not forget that it was India who besieged the Golden Temple even though there was no need to.

Then there are the several instances of Hindu mobs massacring Muslims, e.g. the Gujrat riot, the planned attack on the Muslim family with 'cow' meat (was really goat meat) etc.

The Indian government and some sections of society collectively are snakes which aim to crush minorities slowly to bolster their pro-Hindu nationalistic identity.

Yeah. Sure. If you say so. By the way, who was that Sikh Prime Minister and that Hindu President of Pakistan. I forget their names.

Maybe you can ask this Sikh guy in Delhi - he probably knows more about South Asian regional politics than me.

Dude. Don't even get me started on Pakistan. I can post 10 pics on barbarism in Pakistan for every one you post. the fact that you posted that shows you have no class.

It's clear that like 99.9% of Pakistanis you're simply jealous and bitter over India's current and future progress over that s***hole you call a holy land. Stew in your bitterness while Indians (which includes Muslims and Sikhs btw) laugh at you.

No need to swear and get defensive or emotive; did I touch a nerve or somehing?

I am not Pakistani, I am Indian, and I was born into a family with Sikh heritage

No. What you are is a simpleton.

And anyone who actually deserves to call themselves Indian (or Indian-Origin) would have had a nerve hit. You don't fall into that category. Some people got it by birth, but don't deserve it.

Yeah. Sure. If you say so. By the way, who was that Sikh Prime Minister and that Hindu President of Pakistan. I forget their names.

U mad? Soz, boo, I'm not a nationalist or a patriot, but can't blame me when some aspects of India are hard to love </3

Not anymore. That reply told me that I no longer need to care about anything you've said, or will say from now on.

Bye now. Have fun hating India while ass-licking the people that stop you at airports, and call you a terrorist while they shoot up your temples.

looks like you need educating too because everything that @Zamestaneh said, is correct.

Your emotional responses and lack of addressing the fundemental facts I raised deserved a response of equal calibre, so I hope I didn't disappoint.

Not by the likes of you. I've already put you in the same bracket as him.

I'll tell you the same thing. Have fun stewing in your hatred of India. You'll find most Indians (including Muslims and Sikhs) wont give a cr*p.