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  73.  @BharatThatIsIndia  Autocratic rule, if that is what it actually is, is a good thing for India right now. Indian Demographics is not going to wait for Indian politics to sort itself out so that economic reforms, which are necessary but are politically unfavorable, can be pushed through. A lot of much required economic reforms were stalled because of a weak MMS govt. and the 'Suit-Boot ki sarkar' jibe (which stopped land reforms). Japan, South Korea, Taiwan were all military dictatorships when they grew at high rates. They turned into democracies as the growth slowed down. China and Vietnam are communist autocracies (what happens as the growth slows down is yet to be seen). Malaysia achieved high rate of growth under 22 years of rule by Mahathir. Singapore also grew under the unchallenged and autocratic rule of Lee Kaun Yew. People often ask, why can't we grow as fast as China? .. Why are we celebrating 7% growth when China could achieve double digit growth? I find those questions really stupid. We can't cause we can't do things like China can . We can't even execute a bullet train project timely. Why?.. Because land acquisition can't happen in Maharastra cause the under-serving Uddhav Thackeray wants to be CM. The fact is there is no democracy in this world which grew at very high economic rates which being a liberal democracy that you seem to yearn for (Not even the West). People who don't know history have a very ideological view of democracy with the belief the democracy is good for all situations and even a slightest decrease or perceived decrease in democratic workings of a govt. is the biggest cause for concern. People should stop considering all other factors and only lament the loss (not complete) of democracy.
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  112.  @engalipak  "Syria was the after-shock of Iraq war crime. Its basic factual history. " - Syrian instability was due to the demand of the public for democracy during the Arab Spring and unlike, say in, Egypt where the dictator gave up power, Assad decided not to. You seriously need to check the sources from which you get your 'basic factual history'. " Same is being faced by Pakistan in form of destabilized Aghanistan but hope it will come out of it." - I love how your wash Pakistan of any responsibility and make it sound as if they are the victims. Pakistan was instrumental in destabilizing Afghanistan. They got paid for it too. They are just reaping what they had sown for so long. I hope they get out of it, but, sir the way you are white washing Pakistani involvement, you seem to be a England bred Mirpuri (Pakistani) Patriot. From Bradford by any chance? "Eating halal food , wearing religious clothes etc is a need and requirement for a community" - That NOT what they are demanding though. They are DEMANDING pork shouldn't be served in schools because they don't eat it. Well, how about they ask their children not to eat it while others who want to do? .. They are DEMANDING schools to remove all LGBTQ content. Can't really compare followers of Islam, a religion which wants to spread to every corner of the world and establish a Caliphate and Sharia law under which Kafurs can be killed with impunity, with other religions. It's really a special religion with special demands and needs special treatment. P.S: I am an Atheist. Not a Hindu religiously.
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  146.  @pratiush1000  China is doing what it's doing because there is a clear difference between India and China's hard power. The difference is structural and can't be bridged in a short period. The current behavior started after 2008 by China first stopping the process of exchanging maps in 2009 and then trouble started in 2012 and has been escalating ever since. It's going to continue to escalate unless India significantly bridges the economic gaps as well as the gaps in military modernization between India and China. That's 15 years at least, if not more. Not sure how being vocal about it on international forum makes any difference on the ground or in the perception of other countries. Pakistan has been and is still vocal against India every chance they get. What has that achieved?? .. Jacksh*t. Instead it has made it more difficult for Pakistan to make the 'Geo-economic' pivot that it so desperately needs to make. China also has a port in India's "area of influence". What difference does it make if India is vocal about it? .. Do you think the King of Bhutan would make a different statement if India protested vocally against China but couldn't make much difference on the ground? .. If anything, it's like telling your Indo-Pacific partners that you are not capable of handling trouble at your own borders. India repeatedly says relations between India and China are not normal and they can't be normal unless the border issue is solved. That's smart, imo. Rather than taking a very hard position publicly without having the capability to see it through on the ground.
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  221.  @slashybluesy  "If you're arguing that they should be motivated to grow some other crop and the burden of paddy shifted other water rich states while keeping up with the demand. That's a fair argument." - Yes. That's my argument. " If you think no one in India needs the paddy grown there then you clearly haven't looked at the figures. 80% of the paddy grown in Punjab goes to different parts of india. So if you're arguing that the country doesn't need the paddy grown by Punjab and Haryana, that's a false argument." - That's not my argument but anyone looking at figures can easily 'figure' out that they are growing way more than the demand. It's not because of no reason that India sells rice, at a discounted rate, to China to feed it's pigs. "However, even that argument doesn't have legs as of now as many of the other states where it can potentially be moved to doesn't have the kind of storage and transport infrastructure that both these states have." - Don't you think that's a moot argument given "80% of rice they grow is transported to other states", as per you. If the states which consume it also produce it, one wouldn't need "storage and transport" at such big scale. And I can assure you there is enough capacity in other states to produce rice. It's not a coincidence that all southern states, WB, Odisha and North east Indian staple food is rice. It's because the geographical conditions are suitable for rice production. Where is the "Rice Bowl of India"? .. Hint: Not in Punjab or Haryana.
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  355.  @__s__tatic  "When crude oil was $110, during congress time I remember we were still paying around 80 rupees and now when crude oil is around $80 people are paying around 100 rupees" - That's because Modi in his first regime Modi changed the the upper cap on the amount of tax that can be collected on oil. He didn't reduce the retail price by increasing the tax collected by the government because he understands two thing, (1) that it's easy to reduce the oil prices but increasing them is a political problem and (2) passing on the lower crude prices effectively implies subsidizing the rich (If you know even the basics of economics you would know how). So he collects the extra tax and targets it to the lower most strata of the population. This is one way he has funded the building of toilets in his first term. that is one way he gets votes. Effective delivery to the lower most strata. Ajay Maken of congress wrote an article on this. You would know this if you weren't the one getting all your info from WhatsApp and had a habit of reading books and articles. "but according to you inflation is still in check even though prices are at an all time high, this kind of logic only you can understand." - Champoo, look at the composition of CPI and WPI. There is no direct correlation between Crude Oil prices and inflation. Your simple mind is having problems comprehending logic cause you think how can inflation be low when crude prices are higher than 2010. For one, the value of 100 Rupees is lower than the value of 80 Rupees 10 years back. In today's value 80 rupees is same as 128 rupees. That's how inflation works. You are paying less than what you used to during Congress regime. Too much of free education. That's it. Not going to reply anymore. Talking to you is a waste of time.
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  490.  @BharatThatIsIndia  "Modi ji was doing Mujra in this election and now he will do the same for Naidu and Nitish. This is the power of people in Indian democracy." - Talking about Mujra is so Congress Eco-chamber language. When Modi got majority that was the power of people in Indian democracy as well. It's just that you didn't like it. So, it was labelled as "democratic backsliding". I have rarely me such loosers in life who are happy even if they couldn't cross a 100 seats after 10 years of anti-incumbency and because Modi didn't get a majority. When did Congress last get 240 seats? .. Remind me again? Btw, both Nitish and Naidu have a lot less leverage than Congress voters think they do. They will not be able to get Home Ministry, Defense, Finance, Foreign Affairs, for sure. And it's highly unlikely that allies get Railways, Commerce, IT or Telecom. That's where bulk of the work of Modi govt is happening. Naidu will have to take centers assistance to build Amravati while serving as the CM of Andhra and planning for Nara Lokesh's succession. Nitesh can't switch sides like he always does cause, firstly chances of INDI Alliance forming govt is zero and even if they do form a govt. what will Nitesh Kumar get? .. He has 12 seats while TMC has 29, DMK has 22, SP has 37 and Congress has 99. so the Mujra will be from the otherside. "Unemployment is at record high since 2018-19" - Unemployment is a structural issue. It started going up from 2011. And that's happening cause India has not become a significant manufacturing hub like it should have. Modi govt has done more for that transition to happen than Congress could ever have. But facts rarely matter to the average Congress voters. They just parrot what their supreme leader says mindlessly.
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  550.  @bigfigher  "My understading is that most of the countries thought exactly opposite." - I think you have made that pretty clear. "Many internatioal medias even wrote 'where is indian govt'. " - Quoting international media isn't a very smart gesture. They have a habit of showing India in a bad light to divert attention from the failures of their own governments. "India's healthcare system is not that bad. States like kerala handled the situation much much better" - Kerala has a very high HDI and it's healthcare is much better than other states. But when you were talking about 'floating bodies' you were referring UP. You can't paint all over India with the same brush. But it's an undeniable fact that Indian healthcare system is much less equipped as compared to all the other countries and the their media houses you are mentioning. "why Modi did not address the country when it was going though one of the worst periods in its entire history. " - How is this a requirement? .. How would the PM addressing the country have made difference in medical handling of the situation? "On the contracy, Biristh, American, French, German, Italian leaders... all of them addressed people through media on daily basis when the they face the worst of worst." - Firstly, why compare India with countries with 25x of India's per capita GDP? .. And how does it matter if they addressed the people? .. They didn't do very well in handling the situation. I lived in UK until very recently and my sister lives in Canada. I am speaking from personal experience. Not sure why are you glorifying the activity of 'addressing people'. As if that saves lifes more than vaccinating people, which is what India did.
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  650.  @mohamedhabib8460  This is a digression from the initial discussion. But I will engage. Your believes and demands only work in an utopian idealist world, NOT practically. Also, what's with putting every responsibility on the government?? ... Why is there no talk about the responsibilities of the Citizens? .. "US and MOST of the First World provide enormous information to the Public and the Press educate the People immediately. " - They don't educate their citizens. they put out information for citizens who are "interested" to find information that's required. No government on the face of this earth has been able to "educate" their citizens to be able to support the right policy. If what you say was true, Brexit would never have happened. Or people of Germany would never have opposed nuclear power generation. India puts out enough data (less than developed nations with better resources, but enough) to support some of the most obvious policies. Interested citizens can go through it and support policies like Farm Bills, for example. Does that happen though? .. Nope. Citizens are like spoilt entitled children who believe all they will do is put a vote once every 5 years and crib rest of the time. They will not take time to understand the country's limitations. They protest when there vested interest gets harmed. In an ideal democracy like the one you are describing, Citizens are equally responsible for the democracy to function the way you want it to function. "IF this is ignored or neglected, then you pave the way for Autocracy of the type of Putin, MBS, Xi " - Life of an average citizen is better in each of those countries when compared to many "democracies". Democracy is over-rated. And the proponents of it are ideologues. They support it cause they "believe" it's better. Whether it actually is better or not, is arguable.
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  651.  @mohamedhabib8460  "I guess we both belong to Totally Opposite Ends of the Spectrum of our Views of the World. Maybe, our Life Experience, Education & Perception of Life are all quite different and opposite." - I agree. "So, I refuse to engage with you further" - Should be all the more reason to engage. Just pointing out some facts: 1. "Brexit and Germany going Non-Nuclear Energy had overwhelming Public Support. Whether it is right or wrong, we don't know as yet." - Brexit didn't have overwhelming public support. The vote was very close. Germany going Non-nuclear has already been proved wrong. It resulted in Ukraine's invasion by Russia. Opinion: Just because something has overwhelming public support, doesn't mean it should be done. In India if you ask the public whether India should bomb Pakistan, I am sure there will be overwhelming public support. Doesn't mean that it should be done. Public is usually dumb. 3. "I charge that current Modi Junta does not know HOW to pass a Legislation via Committee Meetings and Public Views on the matter on hand." - We can agree on that too. For Farm bills - There was no public opinion until protests started. And there was so much of vested interest that no amount of "consultation" would result in any different result. "Now, Covid came and ravaged our Economy, even though my State Tamil Nadu posted the best economic growth of 14.8% nominal in 2021, which makes it No. 1 State in the Union on Per Capita State GDP. " - Not sure how pointing this data out had anything do to with the discussion.
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  715.  @saif9765  "media is called the 4th pillar because it keeps a check on the power and opposition is powerless.its the govt which holds power." - Absolutely. But the business model of media is broken. It's very easy to control the media just by throwing some ad money at them. It's the same in America. " I remember how the CAG in UPA govt made false allegations regarding 2g scam which ultimately brought down the govt ." - Exactly. That's the sad truth of Indian Politics. If you actually get to understand the issue you will see that the opposition takes up banal issues and tries to change public's perception to gain power. BJP opposing FDI in Retail was bullshit. And so was the Anna movement. And more recently the Farmer's protest. All political bullshit. The point I am making is, the nature of Indian politics is such that very little gets done. India can't afford it anymore. India needs to move at a fast pasce in Economic Reforms, Defense procurment, Bureaucratic reforms etc. "And one more thing India's capital expenditure on defence has been going down in the last 5 years" - That's true. And the cost of pensions is larger than salaries of active personel. As for govt. marketing, that's what this govt. does. Ignoring all that, the question that needs to be asked " Is there an existential threat to India and it's interests?" - And the answer to that unequivocally is YES. You need to listen to the strategic community to understand how bad the situation is, especially since last year when China killed Indian soldiers. And I am not talking about short-term situation like disengagement and stuff. I am talking long term.
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  805.  @engalipak  " I will use 'instrumental in liberating Afghanistan'" - I am not sure where Pakistan gets this sense that everyone wants to get liberated and it falls upon Pakistan's shoulders to liberate them. "Majority of Aghanis 90% + are happy for the part that the foreign occupations have ended " - I don't know what gives you this confidence but every Afghans I have talked to absolutely loathes Pakistan. "Pakistan is a 3rd world country, yet it hosts Millions of Aghans and have suffered without complaining too much about it. " - Well, I don't think it can complain given it 'liberated' Afghanistan and it's the reason they are there. "Yes I am a patriot, in fact need to be right now. Pakistani awam needs to be the most patriotic currently due to the issues we are in right now" - Good for you, and Pakistan! .. But I think, the kind of patriots, who carefully "choose" words to reaffirm Pakistan's delusions. Those 'magnificent delusions' have lead to the state Pakistan currently is in. A true Patriot would give Pakistan a does of reality, not ideology. "There is no precedent on the planet currently where Muslims in West are demanding to close down pubs, demolish other faith related infrastructure, force to wear modest clothing" - Sharia Patrols from East Ham, London .. Say Hi! "Almost all of them have moved past this view and feel embarrassed when they look back." - I am very matured, I have read the Qu'ran & Hadith and I have very smart people who have drawn the same conclusion as me. I would be embarrassed if I thought otherwise about Islam. I couldn't care less if friends of some random dude on internet are embarrassed or not.
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  820.  @shaikhrayyan2998  " It seems to me that it is you who have been fooled by IT Cell of BJP" - Dude .. just because you don't understand economics and don't follow what government has been doing doesn't mean others are being "fooled by IT cell". "Explained me what economic reforms modi government did in last 10 years except digitalization( UPI) which I accept it as a huge success of Modi govt." 1 . IBC. This is what led to clearing the NPA mess created during UPA-II 2. Open Coal sector to private players 3. Ending retroactive taxation. Another Gift from UPA-II. 4. Privatisation of Air India and Public Listing of LIC 5. Major Ports Bill. Decentralisation of decision making.Google “India has quietly transformed its ports” to understand better 6. Allowing more than 50% invest investment in Insurance 7. Allowing more than 50% investment in Defense. * Why do you think India’s defense exports have been going up? * 8. Labour Law Reforms (Passed but not notified, hopefully will have this term). This i One of the reasons why India didn’t have labor-intensive manufacturing 9. Started Privatising Power Distribution Companies 10. Opened Space sector and Mapping Sector to Private companies. Google Angikul for example. There are a lot of other reforms like bilateral letting and simplifying rules for IT companies. But those are smaller ones. I am not mentioning those and also NOT mentioning what BJP has done in infrastructure development (roads, railways, Bharat net, toilets, tapped water connection, housing for the poor, improving electricity coverage etc).
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  823.  @shaikhrayyan2998  " It seems to me that it is you who have been fooled by IT Cell of BJP" - Dude .. just because you don't understand economics and don't follow what government has been doing doesn't mean others are being "fooled by IT cell". "Explained me what economic reforms modi government did in last 10 years except digitalization( UPI) which I accept it as a huge success of Modi govt." 1 . IBC. This is what led to clearing the NPA mess created during UPA-II 2. Open Coal sector to private players 3. Ending retroactive taxation. Another Gift from UPA-II. 4. Privatisation of Air India and Public Listing of LIC 5. Major Ports Bill. Decentralisation of decision making.Google “India has quietly transformed its ports” . to understand better 6. Allowing more than 50% invest investment in Insurance 7. Allowing more than 50% investment in Defense. * Why do you think India’s defense exports have been going up? * 8. Labour Law Reforms (Passed but not notified, hopefully will have this term). This i One of the reason why India didn’t have labor intensive manufacturing 9. Started Privatising Power Distribution Companies 10. Opened Space sector and Mapping Sector to Private companies. Google Angikul for example. There are a lot of other reforms like bilateral letting and simplifying rules for IT companies. But those are smaller ones. I am not mentioning those and also NOT mentioning what BJP has done in infrastructure development (roads, railways, Bharat net, toilets, tapped water connection, housing for the poor, improving electricity coverage etc).
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  824. " It seems to me that it is you who have been fooled by IT Cell of BJP" - Dude .. just because you don't understand economics and don't follow what government has been doing doesn't mean others are being "fooled by IT cell". "Explained me what economic reforms modi government did in last 10 years except digitalization( UPI) which I accept it as a huge success of Modi govt." 1 . IBC. This is what led to clearing the NPA mess created during UPA-II 2. Open Coal sector to private players 3. Ending retroactive taxation. Another Gift from UPA-II. 4. Privatisation of Air India and Public Listing of LIC 5. Major Ports Bill. Decentralisation of decision making.Google “India has quietly transformed its ports” . to understand better 6. Allowing more than 50% invest investment in Insurance 7. Allowing more than 50% investment in Defense. * Why do you think India’s defense exports have been going up? * 8. Labour Law Reforms (Passed but not notified, hopefully will have this term). This i One of the reason why India didn’t have labor intensive manufacturing 9. Started Privatising Power Distribution Companies 10. Opened Space sector and Mapping Sector to Private companies. Google Angikul for example. There are a lot of other reforms like bilateral letting and simplifying rules for IT companies. But those are smaller ones. I am not mentioning those and also NOT mentioning what BJP has done in infrastructure development (roads, railways, Bharat net, toilets, tapped water connection, housing for the poor, improving electricity coverage etc).
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  886.  @swapniln8904  " Interesting, but then why he cries 70 years , when the condition of india was bad after 1947? " - I don't know who you are talking about. But if you mean Modi, then I must say, I am not a BJP spokeperson and I can't answer why he says the things that he does. My guess would be to discredit anything and everything Congress has ever done. So, I am smart enough to know that the narrative that Congress hasn't done anything in 70 years is crap. But I don't think most Indians are. So some believe it and it makes for good politics. Similar games are played by the Congress against BJP btw. "He would had made arrangements for travelling laborers." - Yes. Very Likely. "built oxygen plant instead of 1300 crore home." - Hope you do know that Oxygen shortage is a logistics issue, not a financial one. Redirecting 1300 Crs into making "oxygen plant" (as if it can be done in a day or even a month), would have made zero difference to the accessible Oxygen supply that India has today. So, this is just an opposition narrative that doesn't hold much water as an argument, but sure does make for good politics. Since you have diverted away from just talking about Covid into talking about economy, let me address that a bit. "He would not had carried out demonetization, the most foolish move. " - I agree. Purely from the perspective of economics , It was a dumb move. " GST would had good structure" - Congress had 10 year to implement it. They kept discussing it for "good structure". My guess would be, based on historical data, Congress would have discussed it some more for another 10 years but would never have been able to implement it, whether with good or bad structure. Getting all states to agree to let go of their tax collecting ability with many of those states having opposition in power is like solving a 30-dimensional Optimization problem. I don't respect people who don't appreciate that fact and rather read a few articles and jump to the conclusion that GST could have had a "better structure". "Some good public sector companies he would had established." - That's a clear impossibility. The only companies which are good are the ones which are efficient. And no Public Sector company is efficient. Public sector companies should all be sold off irrespective of whether they are profit making or not, unless they are strategically important. Something that this govt. has dared to say. Every previous govt. did it, cause it's the right thing to do, but didn't talk about it, they said "disinvestment". "He would had not done hindu muslim hatred." - This is very likely true. They would have promoted caste divisions. Since that helps their politics. "He would not had sold airports, railways, etc to private players." - Who sold the Delhi Airport?? .. remind me again? .. More importantly it's so moronic that educated Indians talk of Airports and Railways being "sold" to private players, when what's happening is actually a revenue sharing agreement exactly like Spectrum auctions. Govt.s's recurring non-tax income increases with this. And every Airport which has been sold is run better than govt. run airports. That is a fact based by data. Manmohan Singh govt. couldn't have brought in the extremely important Farm reforms and Labour reforms. They couldn't have privatised Public Sector Banks. Another extremely necessary step. They could have brought in the Mining reforms maybe. But nothing else. So, NO. I don't think Manmohan Singh would have done better for economy, even though he is an economist himself. He didn't have the political backing needed to implement difficult reforms. Now, please don't tell me economy grew faster when MMS was PM. Anyone who knows basic economics would know there is always a lag between the reform and economics. And Indian economy has been slowing down because the credit growth had collapsed, thanks to NPAs in the banks. IBC solved that issue. Guess which govt. brought that in.
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  887.  Maximum Max  "well written sir." - Thanks " india today is full of highly oversmart unwise people who simply know to question and dont have the brains to analyze the root cause of anything holistically" - And most of them are in a slumber until someone starts protesting. Then they wake up, take a min to decide which of the two parties "seems" like the victim, read a few news articles and jump to conclusions. Next thing you know is #ISupportFarmer trending everywhere. "both UPA and NDA are effectively the same" - Exactly. Just like The Republic and The Wire are the same. It's just that, one is more polished than the other. And I actively avoid The Quint and Scroll. Those are very depressing. If someone keeps reading them, as many people do, you think that the country has gone to the Dogs, especially the Economy. Little so people know that Indian Economy is all set to scale new highs. "the only parties that dont do this is the BJD, JDU, AIADMK and maybe AAP." - BJD doesn't do it cause, one, it's based around a linguistic identity and Muslims are only 2% of the state. Polarisation doesn't work. AAP doesn't do it cause in a small place like Delhi, where public is relatively better educated and financially sound, it's easy to sell the idea of good governance. As AAP expands, it's politics will change. And given that in future India is going to have a larger Urban population vs rural, AAP maybe become the party which is BJP lite and fights in Urban India. I don't know about the others. AAP's stance on Farmer's protest was hilarious. Kejriwal implements Odd-Even and encourages people to not burst crackers on Diwali to control Delhi pollution but when Reforms are brought in that would stop stubble burning, the reason behind Delhi's pollution, he opposes it with the aim to win seats in upcoming Punjab election. He is Greta Thunberg Dwitiya. In every possible sense. :-D
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  901.  @tomchristo  "NDA hasn’t fixed the NPA crisis" - That's the craziest thing I have ever heard. IBC is what has led to fixing of NDA crisis. Demonetization was/is a bad idea implemented only because of political reasons, but it isn't a structural problem unlike NPA crisis. "unplanned implementation of GST" - Still better than no implementation. UPA kept 'planning' and discussing it for 20 f*cking years. They wanted to plan some more. "neither of which UPA would have ever done." - I agree. It would instead implement a f*cked up land acquisition bill that will haunt India for years to come. "Also, inflation was demand driven and fuel prices were high." - Fuel prices were high, yes. But inflation was high because of copious amounts of notes that were printed during the second term "Now, India is in stagflation now" - Dude.. you seriously don't any economics. Do you? .. Where are you copying these dumb statements from? "the government did not pass through any of the low fuel prices to consumers and destroyed the economy," - All the Welfare schemes under NDA were funded by these. You don't seem to know much about anything. "Yes, there were issues during UPA but none like the blunders of this current government." - This is a bullshit narrative. NDA didn't start fixing problems until sometime. but certain didn't create structural problems like UPA did. "Stop thinking only you know economics" - I never said only I know economics. I said you don't And you certainly don't. "Americans had some sense which you Indians clearly lack!" - Says a moron who thinks confirming with him is the only way one can have sense. I don't support either parties btw. I just like to call out the bullshit of Bhakts from both sides of the aisle.
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  905.  @Cotswolds1913  " India was very divided before Britain took over." - India had been divided and unified many times before the British came to India. Mughals aren't the only example. There were empires before them that had unified India 1000 years before Mughals came. And India didn't transition from Mughals to the British. There was a 70 year rule of Maratha Empire in between. People seem to forget that. "Would India have unified in an alternate timeline with no British control?? Idk, that's really hard to answer, I'd like to think it would have" - I don't think that hypothetical question can be answered without being biased. But given the advancement in communications, it's likely that someone would have unified India. Would India have looked exactly the same as today? - Probably not. "but we I think can at least take some of the good that came out of our timeline, rather than just lament the bad." - No one is lamenting the bad. But what you are trying to do is push a cuddly narrative. It's telling an African-American, "well it's true that the British brought you to America and traded you as slaves but atleast you got democracy and a chance at achieving the American Dream. So, don't just lament the bad, appreciate that atleast some good came out of the time you were being tortured." or telling the Jews, "it's true you had to suffer the holocaust, but atleast you got a country of your own. So, don't lament the bad. Look at the bright side. Atleast appreciate that you got something good out of it." Highly insensitive and patronising.
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  968.  @TeluguBusinessChannel  1. That has been always true at any given point in history of the republic. The more important question is do they believe their situation has improved and if not who is the person/party that they can change it for them. 2. And yet you seem to confident that, even though the survey data suggests otherwise, Congress someone how magically has a better chance than it did in 2019.How about you wait for the seat sharing arrangement and a common agenda to come out before you start drawing conclusions. 3. It's not a numerical guarantee, but statistical probability. Btw, what kind of stupidity led you to compare Punjab elections with Loksabha election?? .. Congress handed over Punjab election to AAP by propping up Sidhu to publicly challenge Captain Amarendra Singh. Do you see anyone from within BJP challenging Modi publicly?? .. Why compare the two situation? .. "Btw, when it comes to development, Congress delivered better GDP growth rate than BJP." - Firstly, when people vote, they don't do a comparative study of who had better growth rates. It's weird that one would suggest this when the argument is about elections. And if you personally believe that "better GDP growth rate" = "better development". Then I am sorry to say, but you need more education on how the economy works. I am not sure what BJP fans and Congress fans should do. But you should work on your understanding of Indian Politics and Statistics. I don't think you fully comprehend what you are talking about.
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  1174.  @sreekr  Well, Firstly the comparison was with US and China in military capabilities. Whether or not Chinese citizens will have better lives and whether India will be able to provide decent health care to it's citizens wasn't the topic of discussion. About US worries, advances in software (like AI) can easily be achieved. Hardware is where research takes time. And when US says it's not ready to compete, it means in China's back yard. The South China Sea, not even the second island chain, let alone the third Island Chain. But having said that, your understanding of Economics seems patchy. You seem to believe China is going to achieve all these great things while India can't. Sure, Chinese citizens will have decent lifestyles but so will Indian Citizens. China's economy needs domestic consumption to increase to be able to sustain it's Economic growth because it's export led growth has reached its limits and is only going to reduce from here on out. Not only is it's demographic collapsing but also the current generation don't spend much cause there is no social security. So, China being able to depend on it's own economy for consumption is really doubtful. India, on the other hand, has been a consumption led economy from the very start. India's growth is more sustainable. India will keep growing much after 2050, as well, while China's growth will most likely slowdown. What is China going to do when CCP's legitimacy doesn't come from economic growth as before?.. What will China do to service the huge debt it has amassed to boost it's economy leading to creation of Ghost Cities and infra which no one uses ?? .. What if EU & US diversify out of China, what will China do with it's over capacity? These are some questions which show the problems with the Chinese Economy and it's future prospects of growth. People rarely realise India is exactly where China was 15 years back and will be exactly where China is today 15 years from now. It will take, however, take a huge political will to implement Economic reforms regularly. If the right reforms are attempted, then it's quiet likely that India will surpass China as world's largest Economy sometime in the next 30 years.
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  1175.  @sreekr  "Economic growth, military capabilities, standard of living are all linked." - Not necessarily. "The ability of China to deal with the pandemic and carry on with economic growth" - Dude, they have an autocratic govt. They are supposed to control the pandemic better than democracies. If they can't even do that, what's the use of centrally concentrating all the power? " india failing with the pandemic control resulting in more damages to our economy and international standing has been playing out for weeks now." - I agree. India's Economy has been damaged (structural story remains intact though) and the International standing has slide lower, but we are talking about decades, not weeks. Being myopic to look at the current situation doesn't suit well to long term strategic views. " the presence of an ever increasing number of people reflecting a country's power does not hold up now and will play a decreasing role in the future. " - Probably not. But it has benefits which an artificially controlled population doesn't. And I think you are discounting those benefits a little too much because of advances in technology. "Have been hearing of the end of China's export led growth for a decade and more. Haven't seen any signs though." - The signs are pretty clear. And have been so for quiet sometime. I am not sure how you don't see it. "Had seen videos of China's ghost cities and then also later saw the same ones after being occupied." - The current size of China's unoccupied housing capacity is 200 million. That's how many people those empty buildings can house. Which are the ones you saw getting occupied? "I am sure there are lot of issues with china and the opaque nature of it governance hiding possible ills till they burst out. But at the moment they are going strong." - These are contradictory statements though. You can their opaque nature hides possible ills they they burst out. And at the same time you are sure they are going strong. How do you even know that since they are so opaque? You seem to give A+ to China with all their problems which are much bigger in size when compared to India. You seem to be convinced Chinese Economy will keep growing and Chinese will have better social infrastructure cause they will be able to afford it. And somehow China will be able to do it but India won't. You are overestimating the China, both wrt to India and US alike.
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