Indian Priorities.

[davebro3]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/c4gxypxedkdo

Wouldn't their money be better spent on providing sanitation for the millions of homes that don't have it (or is that what our foreign aid money is for?)

[davebro3]

//India hopes to become only the fourth country with such technology, after Russia, the United States and China.//

Better than the UK & Europe then!

[Old_Geezer]

Clearly they have enough money so ought not qualify for external aid. Not that it ever works like that.

[davebro3]

They should be sending US foreign aid. Damn savages.

[davebro3]

I wonder how big their black hole is!

[youngmafbog]

Yes, something is out of kilter, but with a country os 1.2Bn it cant be easy.  China, with a similar population, has the same problem.

 

[youngmafbog]

From https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/icai-recommendations-on-uk-aid-to-india-uk-government-response/034a9db8-bf9d-48ec-9838-f2b52d6f2c12#:~:text=As%20the%20Review%20notes%2C%20the,continues%20to%20be%20the%20position.

 

//we have concentrated on investments to help secure sustainable private sector growth and to tackle climate change, reflecting the importance of continued economic growth to meet the Sustainable Development Goals in India (average income per head is less than $2,500), and that India is one of a handful of countries whose development choices will determine global climate outcomes.//

 

I wonder how a rocket helps with Climate change (ok if you believe in it of course before the usual start).

[jourdain2]

We should not be giving aid to India.