India's Wrong Priorities: As Children Go Hungry PM Modi Buys Fighter Jets In France

[GORKHALI]

I mean India spend 2% of GDP and still these #presstitute got problem.Did they ever look at the world map,where India is and do they look upon the neighbourhood we are in ?

 

[Suman]

Typical american but hurt media.if India purchased f 18 ,we would be a good nation of elite but we purchased it from France,so we became nation of poor who is 3 rd largest world economy.

"BUTT"

 

[Assange]

When every other country wants you to reduce your defense spending, you know that you're spending the correct amount (enough to upset them).

Correctly said bro...

 

[ashok mourya]

"BUTT"

Samjhdar ko isara kafi hai

 

[Suman]

No matter India spend it on defense or no, it will have beggars, USA, number in the world, has innumerable amount of beggars, so stop preaching, "jealous people", if you have NK and Iran as your neighbors, would you spend on poverty only rather than defense, please come to senses and talk, bigots

 

[Dash]

@ashok mourya

I really see the motif here and Forbes got someone to write this article. Hence why I sidelined the intention behind it as I don't care much about it.

If they want to cry let them . We will continue to spend on security and spend on increasing quality of life. And I pointed just that.

 

[Tshering22]

Right! Stop all defence purchases. Feed the children and use them to fight the next war instead!

What bloody nonsense! WTF is wrong with these self styled journalists nowadays?

Anyone wanting to get Left-leaning funds from so called intellectual bodies now writes an article and makes lot of money.

You and me could try it too; just for the funds.

 

[ptltejas]

Even this money given for development never reach to the people needed, The NAREGA Yojna is one of the proof of that. Lets leave this thread and enjoy our victory, Recently when our one Cricketer done more than 200 runs, and highest one, the Anchor was seen so disturbed, as he might be racist, or have illness and facing Superiority complex, and asked him, whether he will do 300 runs, which was shown his lots frustration.............. Forget them only Indians can deal with them let them bark, and make movies slum dog millionaire, their thoughts are full of political ugly s**t

 

[Ind4Ever]

Haha haha !!! One thing is for sure Rafale purchase have caused the Shock waves all across our borders which both of them can just dream of. One of our neighbour will have stop eating for the next 6 months just for buy Rafale replica and the other can make look alike and show to their people that they have one too . Lots other European may be known as super rich but in reality they can't afford to buy !!!

That's a good sign . Your puppets in Indian Media the so called Liberals and Add O to Presstitues can watch us grow and fume. Haha .

Now this is good sign. NEW GOVT DOING GREAT . Exposed Italian conman Congress , kicked out green peace Passies , exposed the Presstitues . It's all the way Modi gi .

Our neighbours can just accept their defeat . No one in Asia have credible fighter to challenge Rafale . Isn't It ?

 

[The BrOkEn HeArT]

Americans and Brits need "BARNOL". LOL

 

[Ind4Ever]

I request this Author and his family to remove all their clothes and give for the needy .

 

[punit]

India's Wrong Priorities: As Children Go Hungry PM Modi Buys Fighter Jets In France

Jean-Pierre Lehmann

On the occasion of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s recent state visit to France (GDP per capita, $42,000) it was announced that India (GDP per capita, $6,000) would purchase 36 “ready to fly” Rafale fighter jets from French aerospace behemoth Dassault Aviation. Great news for France! This brings in revenue and creates lots of jobs. This is especially so as there have been difficulties getting customers; so far, until PM Modi’s proposed purchase, the only sale had been to Egyptian military dictator Abdel Fattah al-Sisi.

The implications for India, however, are depressing: one more vivid illustration of misguided policies at the expense of the poor. 960 million Indians live on less than $2 a day. Reading the data is one thing; seeing the consequences, as I did recently driving through the slums on the outskirts of Jaipur, is heart-wrenching. Their plight could not be worse. Rafale jet fighters are about the last thing they need!

India will soon surpass China to become the world’s most populous nation, reaching 1.6 billion by the middle of the century. The demographic profiles of the two countries are totally different. Whereas China faces the challenges of a rapidly aging society, hence a decrease in the labor pool; with its huge demographic dividend (50% of the population is less than 25, 65% less than 35) India needs to create millions and millions of jobs. If hundreds of millions of Indians remain mired in poverty and the young fail to be educated, employed and motivated, the consequences could be truly dramatic for Indians, but also for the world in the 21st century. Not only will India have failed; humanity will have failed.

India matters to the world. With a civilization stretching back thousands of years, India has a great deal to contribute to global civilization. The richer India is not only materially, but also culturally and spiritually, the richer the planet is; this had been the case for centuries until the impoverishment of the country caused by 200 years of British colonialism. (But that should be a challenge, not an excuse!)

In short, India has a lot to offer the world; but to be in a position to do so it has to improve radically the lives of hundreds of millions of its own citizens. A country that has 44% of its children under five suffering from malnutrition – providing the world with one-third of the total population of hungry children – can perhaps become a world power (if it keeps on buying state-of-the-art French fighter jets), but certainly not a world role model: India’s purchase of fighter jets may be a means to achieve greater hard power, but in the process, as domestic social conditions of misery and injustice continue to fester, it islosing soft power.

There are structural and policy issues: education, apart from that for the elite, is appalling; infrastructure is equally so; there is widespread corruption; and widespread disease. Life expectancy in India ranks 167th (out of 228) in the world: at 68 years, it is significantly lower than China (75.3), but also than other developing countries such as Sri Lanka (76.5), Vietnam (73) and Indonesia (72.5).

But perhaps more fundamental is the problem of mindsets. In his thought-provoking book Being Indian, former diplomat, politician, author and thought leader Pavan Varma stresses that in the Indian elite “there is a remarkable tolerance of inequity, filth and human suffering”. He adds that “concern for the deprived and the suffering is not a prominent feature of the Indian personality. The rich in India have always lived a life quite oblivious to the ocean of poverty around them”. Less than ten minutes from the slums on the outskirts of Jaipur there are very nice upper income (heavily guarded) residential areas. One city: two universes.

There are change makers. At NIIT University (NU) in Rajasthan where I am visiting professor there is an admirable program known as Community Connect. Every single student has to be engaged, including in what is known as Each One – Teach One, whereby NU students are allotted a pupil from the poor rural areas to whom they must reach out and teach basic skills. The objective of the program is to enable NU students to appreciate and inculcate values like ‘sensitivity towards the under-privileged’ and a ‘humanitarian attitude’. Given the dismal state of Indian primary and secondary public education, students at the tertiary level are by definition privileged. In conversations with the students my impression is that they see the Community Connect program as an opportunity, not a chore, and are committed to continuing engaging in social activities post-graduation.

There are indeed many admirable initiatives emanating from academe, some businesses, and NGOs. There is the Housing and Land Rights Network, which fights for the rights of the homeless, especially homeless women who are the most destitute of the destitute. I got to know the Network during their courageous struggle against the brutal forced evictions of Delhi slum dwellers for the 2010 Commonwealth Games. Another questionable priority!

Water distribution and access to sanitation in Indian villages are terrible; girls (and it is always girls!) need to walk huge distances to fetch water from wells, thereby missing out on school. Over a-third of females in India are illiterate; there are more illiterate females in India than in the rest of the world combined. Fighting female illiteracy should be a greater priority than buying French fighter jets. The plight of women is terrible, beginning with a gender gap in education of Himalayan proportions. Again there are private initiatives such as the impressive Mumbai-based Educate Girls Foundation which is actively engaged in seeking to reduce the gap.

Ultimately however all of the good work of corporations, universities, NGOs, foundations, philanthropists, religious institutions, etc will not lift hundreds of millions out of a life of desperate destitution. No country has ever succeeded in reducing poverty without having government actively engaged in creating the proper conditions and opportunities for individuals to rise from poverty. This is another one of the big differences between China and India: though China also has spent unseemly amounts on weaponry, it did at least get its social priorities right by virtually eradicating illiteracy, investing massively in primary education, including for girls, and thereby greatly reducing poverty. As author Pallavi Aiyar has written in her excellent book Smoke and Mirrors: An Experience of China, if born rich it is better to be Indian, if born poor it is better to be Chinese.

Of course the Government of India needs to be concerned about security, especially as it is quite a combustible neighborhood. The greatest threat to Indian security, however, is domestic. India should be “attacking” its perceived external “enemies” with weapons of mass seduction – as a democratic, just, equitable, inclusive, gender empowering, and humane nation – rather than through weapons of mass destruction.

The greatest means to enhance security in South Asia is not more weapons. Member states of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) have one of the world’s lowest rates of intra-regional trade. This is especially the case of trade between Pakistan and India. As the early 19th century French political economist Frédéric Bastiat is alleged to have said: “if goods don’t cross borders, armies (or indeed Rafale fighter jets) will”. Both Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif should have his portrait and quote hung in their respective offices.

Think of the hungry children of India, give back the Rafale fighter jets to France (we’ll survive).

India's Wrong Priorities: As Children Go Hungry PM Modi Buys Fighter Jets In France - Forbes

its raining aresholes these days !

 

[naveen mishra]

#Prestitutes

infinity thanks

 

[MiG-21]

If India is earning Rs. 100, it's spending less than Rs. 2 on defense.

Why haven't the author mentioned how much india spends on elevating the poors in terms of GDP compared to how much its spends on its armed forces. No, cause that figures could make this whole article moot.

If India spends money on capital acquisitions then the debate is about poverty and toilets, and when it doesn't take fast decisions, the government doesn't care about national security. These pressstitutes.

India doesn't spend 2rs of the100 on defence. It spends almost 20Rs of the 100Rs it has on defence. That's 1/5th of what it earns.
The sad reality is it spends only 3.8 rs of the 100rs on education. and 6Rs on healthcare. So awesome isnt it?

The great lie being perpetuated by the elite of nations who are the media and control it too, which compares the GDP of the entire nation to the defence budget, instead of the percentage of the actual union budget, just to fudge figures is one of the greatest propaganda success achieved.

No one cares about dying people and rampant poverty everywhere or rotting foods due to lack of storage silos because it doesn't not affect the elite. For the elite the only thing which might affect them are eternal forces beyond their control, and in order to keep the external forces in check, the defence of the nation is built up to protect their assets. Its the same from the times of plato to now, human society hasnt changed one bit, its the same greed and apathy, but just diverted to new avenues, that's all.

 

[ashok mourya]

India doesn't spend 2rs of the100 on defence. It spends almost 20Rs of the 100Rs it has on defence. That's 1/5th of what it earns.
The sad reality is it spends only 3.8 rs of the 100rs on education. and 6Rs on healthcare. So awesome isnt it?

The great lie being perpetuated by the elite of nations who are the media and control it too, which compares the GDP of the entire nation to the defence budget, instead of the percentage of the actual union budget, just to fudge figures is one of the greatest propaganda success achieved.

No one cares about dying people and rampant poverty everywhere or rotting foods due to lack of storage silos because it doesn't not affect the elite. For the elite the only thing which might affect them are eternal forces beyond their control, and in order to keep the external forces in check, the defence of the nation is built up to protect their assets. Its the same from the times of plato to now, human society hasnt changed one bit, its the same greed and apathy, but just diverted to new avenues, that's all.

You deserve a negative ranking.

 

[MiG-21]

You deserve a negative ranking.

You deserve a lobotomy.