Any questions Regarding India

[Shardul.....the lion]

No but there are more Indians on here than other Indian forums, so it is not about population. Go to the Indian equivelant of this forum and there are less members.

may be we want to show our side of story to Pakistani citizens. or may be many want to become internet warriors or armchair generals.
even some want to show that all Indians are not dhoti clad weapon weilding persons but normal persons who want good relation with Pakistanis.

 

[Jade]

Ok another Question:
If you were an Indian on August 13 1947. Would you want partition to take place or not?

That is a good question. On August 13 1947 most Indians would not have wanted the partition. But at the hind sight, it seems that the partition did a lot good to India

 

[Lenin]

Why northeast indian states have higher literacy rate than other more developed indian states except Kerala?

 

[Paan Singh]

so my Other Qn is ..

Why indians are racist? ...like biharis n UP people are called bhaiyas and gujratis are called gujjus and south indians are called madrasis and east indians are caleld C------ ...

its sad

 

[Shardul.....the lion]

Thanks, you have found a stable way to transfer government power, in China, the party found one also.
There will be always uneven there, in USA, east and west part are more advanced, the states in the middle US is a bit behind. In China also like this, but the central government takes 70% of government income while the local government get 30%, the central government is investing more money in poor province.

How about the first industry-Agriculture ? In 2000, the Chinese government claims there is no hunger in China, there are still some but in general, China produces enough food. How the agriculture is running in India ? Due to the high population, I understand the problems of hungers.
In China, all the land is owned by the Govt and many lands are ensured to do farm, if I am a farmer, I can get some refund from the Govt.

Hi India also produces enough food, the starvation and malnutrition is due to corruption and management issues. As you can see below India is in top 5 producers for most of agricultural products.

1. India ranks first in the world in number of billionaires, new Forbes list shows (2008)
2. India ranks second in total agricultural output 28525 billions$
3. India ranks first in production of mullets
4. India ranks second in production of rice
5. India ranks second in production of wheat
6. India ranks second in production of sorghum
7. India ranks first in production of Dry beans
8. India ranks first in production of Chick peas
9. India ranks second in production of cauliflower and broccoli
10. India ranks second in production of Brinjal
11. India ranks first in production of Mangos
12. India ranks first in production of Banana
13. India ranks first in production of Papaya.
14. India ranks first in production of Lemon
15. India ranks second in production of Sugarcane
16. India ranks second in production of Cashewnut
17. India ranks second in production of Pepper
18. India ranks first in production of Ginger
19. India ranks first in production of Chilli pepper
20. India ranks first in production of cow milk
21. India ranks second in production of Tea
22. India ranks second in production of Cotton
23. India ranks first in production of Jute
24. India ranks second in production of Silk
25. India ranks first in irrigated land area 2,770,980 km2 (2003)
26. India ranks second in cultivated land area 1,535,060 km2 (2003)
27. India ranks sixth in production of electicity using fossil fuels
28. India ranks sixth in production of electricity using renewable fuels
29. Indian Students ranks first in attempt of giving GMAT, TOEFL exams to Study in USA (2011)
30. India ranks nineth in by total military expenditure
31. India ranks first in total import of military equipments
32. India ranks first in production of buffalo milk
33. India ranks first in largest headcount of catte including cow and buffalo 281 million heads
34. India ranks first in most universities8,407
35. India ranks first in largest freshwater withdrawal 645.84 km³/year
36. India ranks first in Largest tiger headcount, 3750 tigers
37. India ranks first in Largest producer of films in the world, 2961 films including 1288 feature films[
38. India ranks first in Highest number of doctors and engineers
39. India ranks first in Fastest growing rate of millionaires, 20.8% increase per year
40. India ranks first in Most culturally diverse country, nearly 3500 languages and nearly all of the major world religions
41. India ranks first in Largest Hindu population in the world
42. India ranks first in Largest Sikh population in the world
43. India ranks first in Fastest growing IT sector
44. India ranks first in Lowest consumption of beer per capita
45. India ranks second in population 1,210,193,422 (2011)
46. India ranks seventh in total area 3,287,263 sq km
47. India ranks twelveth in total forest area
48. India ranks fourth in largest railway network
49. India railways is second largest commercial or utility employer with more than 1.36 million employees
50. In 2003 the Kalka Shimla Railway was featured in the Guinness Book of World Records for offering the steepest rise in altitude in the space of 96 kilometre
51. India ranks first, second and third with most densely populated administrative subdivisions Marine lines is first.
52. India ranks first in exporting generic medicines (2010)
53. India ranks third in coal production
54. India ranks fifth in electricity consumption
55. India ranks fourth in total energy consumption
56. India ranks sixth in total energy production
57. India ranks thirteenth in uranium reserves and is fourteent in uranium production
58. India ranks fifth in total coal reserves
59. India ranks fourth as coal importer
60. India ranks fourth in oil consumption
61. India ranks seventh in hydroelectricity production
62. India ranks seventh in foreign exchange reserves
63. India ranks first in gold consumption for many years, with change from 2009 to 2010 is 69% increase from 449 to 745 tons
64. India ranks seventh in official gold holding by government
65. India ranks third in largest muslim population
66. India ranks fourth in iron production
66. India ranks seventh in aluminium production
67. India ranks third in bauxite production
68. India ranks seventh in manganese prodcution
69. India ranks fifth in total steel production (2010)
70. India ranks third in total salt production
71. India ranks seventh in total car production
72. India ranks second in total cement production
73. India ranks sixth in total zinc production
74. India ranks eleventh in number of broadband users
75. India ranks eight in number of landline telephone users
76. India ranks second in number of mobile telephone users
77. India ranks fourth in number of television broadcast stations
78. India is third in largest road network
79. India is second largest english speaking population
80. India is nineth largest economy by nominal GDP
81. India is fifth by average values of incremental nominal GDP
82. India is fourth largest economies by average values of GDP (PPP)
83. India is third largest economies by average values of incremental GDP (PPP)
84. India ranks fourth by largest investment
85. India ranks fifth by gross national savings
86. India ranks eleventh in import
87. India ranks second by largest labour force
88. India ranks top in large countries in road per sq km as 129 compared to USA (68) and China (39)
89. India is ranked sixth largest consumer market
90. India is fourth largest in tomato production
91. India is seventh largest in number of heliports
92. India ranks first Passenger-km of rail transport per year
93. India ranks second Passengers carried in rail transport per year
94. India ranks tenth by Industrial output in 2011 (Nominal)
94. India ranks fourth by Freight rail by billions of tonne-kilometers
95. India ranks third by total road network length 3,320,410
96. India ranks tenth by Industrial output in 2011 (nominal)
97. India ranks third by Industrial output in 2011 (PPP)
98. India ranks eight in number of immigrants coming to india
99. India ranks third in active military manpower
100. India ranks fourth in total number of aircrafts
101. India ranks fourth in total aircraft strength
102. India ranks second in total number of land weapons
103. India ranks fifth in total number of tanks
104. India ranks second in towed artillery
105. India ranks first in anti tank weaponery
106. India ranks second in total logistic power vechicles
107. India is seventh largest country in world
108. India is the world's premier center for diamond cutting and polishing. Nine out of every 10 stones sold in the world pass through India.
109. India is home to the largest number of pharmaceutical plants (61) approved by USFDA outside the US.
110. India's Hero Honda is the world's largest motorcycle manufacturer, with 2002 production of 1.7m units
111. The number of companies listed on the Bombay Stock Exchange, at more than 6,000, is second only to NYSE
112. India has the highest number of annual bulk drugs filings (77) with USFDA
113. India has the second-largest pool of scientists and engineers in the world.
114. India is ranked the sixth country in the world in terms of satellite launches.
115. Indians are the richest immigrant class in the US, with nearly 200,000 millionaires.
116. India tops global remittances with $58 billion followed by china $57

 

[nForce]

Another Question>

Does India see Pakistan as more of a threat than China?

Well,frankly speaking,there are very less opportunities for full scale war.In case of a full scale war,ofcourse China poses to be a bigger threat.
We cannot deny the possibility of limited wars/skirmishes with Pakistan though.Afterall its a country that has seen four military coup in its history of about 60 years and the military general who has come to power,be it Ayub Khan,Zia or Musharraf,has not sparked much confidence among us so far as Pakistani military ambitions are concerned.One had devised Operation Gibraltar,one employed terrorism as state policy, and the another orchestrated Kargil war.So,looking at the track record,in limited scale,Pakistan poses to be more threatening.

 

[Joe Shearer]

DO NOT PUT TROLLS HERE. Please
Regards to Indians, what is your advantage and disadvantage of development ? What is the problem or challenge you are meeting inside India ?
In the next few years, how you will improve it or solve it ? Is your government showing any attitude and do something real ?
China is one-party state, after President Deng, economic development is a super priority, any other stuff even military budget is cut off. The government policy in China is quite continuous.

Long reply: bear with me.

Advantage of development, meaning positive factors - for industrialization, existing work culture, strong Indian organizations, existing style of management which is very Indian and very effective, increasing outward orientation, very strong home market, very strong native distribution and logistics systems. Against industrialization, union culture very powerful and more or less dominated by Communist parties, lack of sufficient industrial training facilities (increasing what we have ten times will not be enough), too many rules and regulations, not enough capital, not enough venture capital, not enough roads, railroads, waterways, inland navigation, air transport, idiosyncratic characteristics in indigenous management styles, insufficient buying power among poor.

There are different answers for agriculture and mining.

Inside India, the two major problems are government regulation and shortage of capital. We also need to expand logistics facilities.

Further development is blocked due to the competition among political parties for the winning position. The country is going through a difficult time as the two main parties are progressively decaying and giving way to regional parties, but administrative systems are still organized for a situation where there is a strong party at the centre and cooperative parties in the states. Once these changes are understood and governing systems are changed, we will move again rapidly.

Some of the greatest success of Indian industry happened when government did not know we were doing anything. So we need less government, not more.

 

[Redbull]

self-delete.

 

[arp2041]

Another Question>

Does India see Pakistan as more of a threat than China?

IMHO, Pakistan (with due respect) is insignificant as far as India is concerned, it's economy is 1/8th of India, military budget is also 1/7th of India, with India growing around 7-8% for atleast the next 15 years (with higher base) & Pakistan growing at just 4% (with lesser base), the difference between the two will only grow, so in 10-15 years Pakistan will be seen no where with respect to India & any discussion about Pakistan in India will only be there since it is our neighbor. Of late, Indian people & media (more of the media than people) have become wary of China b'coz of the tremendous progress it has achieved in last 2 decades & India along with China will be only two powers in Asia competing for influence. So i guess China is more of a threat for India than Pakistan.

 

[Jade]

Do you believe that would have been the common perception of Indians at that time?

Yes, at that time Congress represented most Indians especially Hindus. And Congress position was against partition.

 

[Redbull]

self-delete.

 

[ChennaiDude]

OK answer this:

What's the price of Kashmir to Indians, is it really worth $billions of dollars and all that tension. Suppose Pakistani goverment paid India $200bln dollars, would you be prepared to give up Indian Kashmir?

And this is a theoretical question so no trolling please.

Kashmir is Part of Mother India.....Would you put a price on your Mother just asking...To answer your theoretical question ..No we dont sell our mother.

 

[ajtr]

In other words, do Hindus consider Muslim upper castes to be still upper caste or do they become lower caste because of convesion?

what are muslim upper castes??????????

 

[Joe Shearer]

OK answer this:

What's the price of Kashmir to Indians, is it really worth $billions of dollars and all that tension. Suppose Pakistani goverment paid India $200bln dollars, would you be prepared to give up Indian Kashmir?

And this is a theoretical question so no trolling please.

No. It is not about the money. We spend huge sums on Kashmir. It isn't for sale. I can explain clearly, but not on this thread.

 

[Splurgenxs]

In other words, do Hindus consider Muslim upper castes to be still upper caste or do they become lower caste because of convsion?

There is no upper cast and lower cast with Muslims. Muslims are Muslims to Hindus and other Minorities.

THo Muslims in my experience do discriminate on some occasion when it come to there trade. like barbers ,butchers etc and also there lineage,. they are very choosy with there marriages.