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tHATS THE THING iNDIA KNOWS WE CANNOT MATCH CHINA SIMPLY BECAUSE THEY ARE A DECADE AHEAD OF US. THEY STARTED THEIR MODERNIZATION IN 1990 AND WE, YOU CAN SAY IN 2000. WHAT INDIA IS DOING HERE IS, WE ARE TRYING TO PURCHASE MULTI ROLE AND MODERN EQUIPMENTS WHICH CAN DO MULTI ROLE AND WE DON'T HAVE TO PURCHASE MORE EQUIPMENTS. WE ARE TRYING TO MAKE THE BEST OF WHAT WE HAVE.
YOU THINK INDIA CAN MEET THE FATE OF USSR. WELL SORRY TO DISSAPOINT YOU BUT INDIA HAS A VERY ACTIVE OPPOSITION PARTY AND MEDIA. IF THE DEFENCE BUDGET WOULD HAVE CROSSED 45 BILLION $, THE MEDIA WOULD HAVE EATEN THE GOVERNMENT ALIVE.
NOT TO MENTION INDIAN POLITICS HAVE LESS ROLE FOR NATIONAL SECURITY THAN FARMERS AND CASTE AND RELIGION. I MEAN WE SPEND BILLIONS AND BILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN SUBSIDY THEN WE SPEND BILLIONS AND BILLIONS ON DAILY JOB FOR POORS WERE POOR TAKES THE MONEY AND DON'T EVEN DO THE JOB AND MOST OF THE MONEY THE GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS THEMSELVES TAKE AND THEN WE JUST GIVE AWAY BILLIONS EVERY YEAR IN NAME OF AID.
OVERALL INDIA SPEND 100 BILLION $ IN DIFFERENT FORM ON POORS AND NOTHING CHANGES. I THINK WE SHOULD FIRST IMPROVE THE SYSTEM SO THAT ATLEAST ONE YEAR THIS 100 BILLION$ REACH POOR AND IMPROVE THEIR LIVES OR WE SHOULD SOLVE THE FUNDAMENTAL PROIBLEMS LIKE PROPER CONNECTIVITY FROM AGRICULTURAL LAND TO MARKETS, PROPER IRRIGATION SOURCE, FOOD SECURITY, HEALTH EDUCATION, SHELTER.
I MEAN AFTER THIS ONLY WE SHOULD WASTE MONEY LIKE WE WASTING RIGHT NOW.
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jUST TO CLEAR THIS THING, PAKISTAN IS THIRD LARGEST IMPORTER IN ASIA. WHILE IN CASE OF INDIA AND CHINA, WE ARE TALKING WORLD LEVEL.
@ Hafizzz
ONE MORE POINT TO NOTE IS PAKISTAN IS SPENDING THIS MUCH EVEN WHEN ITS ECONOMY IS NOT EVEN IN THE TOP 15 ASIAN ECONOMIES. SO I THINK WHAT YOU SAID APPLIES TO PAKISTAN ALSO BECAUSE SIMPLY IT APPEARS EVEN IF PAKISTAN APPEARS TO GO BANKRUPT, THEY STILL ARE TRYING TO KEEP UP WITH INDIA. SO IT LOOKS LIKE US-USSR ANALOGY SUITS MORE IN INDIA-PAKISTAN CASE WITH PAKISTAN HAVING THE USSR ROLE RATHER THAN INDIA-CHINA.