Jacob, you are only referring to the Modern Republic of India, But that's not the only India...Please also consider the Indian Civilisation here... The history of India begins with evidence of human activity of Homo sapiens as long as 75,000 years ago, or with earlier hominids including Homo erectus from about 500,000 years ago. The Indus Valley Civilization, which spread and flourished in the northwestern part of the Indian subcontinent from c. 3300 to 1300 BCE, was the first major civilization in India.... FOR MORE INFO: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_India Rest is upto you.
By
Mohan Murari, Marketing Manager, Confidential
| 06 19 2011 14:51:08 +0000
India has never been a poor country, the funds and resources are unevenly distributed. We also tend to hoard our funds rather than investing, which thankfully is changing now.
By
Aziz Rajkotwala, Executive Business Partner, EHL Realty Research India Pvt Ltd
| 06 16 2011 11:22:57 +0000
ha ha ha.... look raja, suresh kalmadi and swiss bank investors
By
kannan , Head/VP/GM-Accounts, own office
| 06 15 2011 10:04:51 +0000
Why is India a poor country? Answer is below... India as we all know has historically been "THE richest" region/country in the world throughout the recorded history up untill the British took over the subcontinent and we have seen a constant decline ever since with the exception of the last couple of decades when things have started turning around.. An average Indian lived a very lavish life as per the world standards in any era you can think of.. so what on earth happened that we became so poor that we could hardly feed our population? What went wrong? The british killed our industries in a systematic ways and only developed the infrastructure that helped them keep this nation under their rule.. The industrial revolution couldnt have come at a worse time At a time when we were declining like hell the another aspect which not many people talk about is the fact that we were a silver based economy back then and silver prices were declining by the day where as USA and UK and a few other European economies shifted to gold for backing their currency and Gold as we all know went up and up because as opposed to Gold the cost of production has not changed much and unlike silver there has not been many new discoveries. I dont know about others but I blame the Nehru/Gandhi family for India being pushed to the wall by 1990's... At a time when other Asian economies like Japan and South Korea were growing at 10% + per year we were doing a 2.5%-3% a year.. thanks to the socialist chacha Nehru... and those who followed his foot steps. Widespread corruption in todays India is another hurdle we have to jump across if we want to see our country get rid of the "poor" tag. Unplanned cities is what frustrates me the most apart from corruption.. What is wrong with the government of India? Why cant they plan new cities instead of letting every one have a free hand at doing whatever they want to.. I still see agricultural land around Delhi being cut into small plots and construction going on all over the place.. When will India get back its lost glory it always had? I hope to see that day in my own life time when people in USA and western Europe will be queuing up in front of Indian embassies in their respective countries to try their luck with an employment visa for India.
By
Hiren Sheth, Sr. Sales , Al Nabooda Group
| 06 15 2011 07:04:01 +0000
The richest country, inhabited with poorest and being made poorer through continued exploitation in the name of governance and management.
By
Ravindra Sharma, Managing Consultant, CHEF-India
| 06 15 2011 06:29:48 +0000
India had never been a poor country in any aspect whether its economy, culture, intellect, spirituality, young population etc. But the resources have not been in good hands who should have utilised it in a manner where we could become the No. 1 in the universe. Our talent is outsourced, people get inspiration from our culture & history but still we are a developing country. we face threat from countries like China who got independence later than us.
By
Mohan Murari, Marketing Manager, Confidential
| 06 15 2011 06:11:04 +0000
its our politicians who r making india a poor country
By
srirang gollerkeri, Senior Recruitment Specialist with AimPlus Staffing Solutions
| 06 15 2011 05:35:16 +0000
The word India came into existence only around 1947. Before that India was a bunch of kingdoms and princely states that constantly fought with each other. There are no impartial/authentic history of the past, most historians were paid by kings and hence showered heaps of flattery and goodness of that king's rule. Most of the money of every kingdom in India was spent on war, army and king - subjects just starved. This was the case even before the advent of mughals and the british. Brothers just back-stabbed their own brothers. So, honestly India has always been a poor country because Indians never wanted their country to be rich.
By
John Jacob, Consultant, confidential
| 06 15 2011 04:50:03 +0000
Your Question for debate is Is India ever a poor country ? Then Answer me the following:- During second world belligerency two ship load of food grains were despatched to India heading for Orissa and other states in eastern area including West bengal. The then PM the stupid Winston Churchil ordered the ship to return saying " India is just a Geographical name and they are brreing like Rabbits" if there was no food shortage and the country was not poor ? You now compare India with other nations.. we are still in the developing stages the wealth amassed by people are in SWISS bank still the average citizen (65 %) of India population Earning/living under 1 USD per day
By
Thomas Parathara Thomas, Mgr. Operations, Ideal services
| 06 14 2011 14:27:29 +0000
"भारतीय गरीब है लेकिन भारत देश कभी गरीब नहीं रहा"
ये कहना है स्विस बैंक के डाइरेक्टर का. स्विस बैंक के डाइरेक्टर ने यह भी कहा है कि भारत का लगभग 280
लाख करोड़ रुपये (280 ,00 ,000 ,000 ,000) उनके स्विस बैंक में जमा है.
ये रकम इतनी है कि भारत का आने वाले 30 सालों का बजट बिना टैक्स के बनाया जा सकता है.
या यूँ कहें कि 60 करोड़ रोजगार के अवसर दिए जा सकते है.
या यूँ भी कह सकते है कि भारत के किसी भी गाँव से दिल्ली तक 4 लेन रोड बनाया जा सकता है.
ऐसा भी कह सकते है कि 500 से ज्यादा सामाजिक प्रोजेक्ट पूर्ण किये जा सकते है.
ये रकम इतनी ज्यादा है कि अगर हर भारतीय को 2000 रुपये हर महीने भी दिए जाये तो 60 साल तक ख़त्म ना हो.
यानी भारत को किसी वर्ल्ड बैंक से लोन लेने कि कोई जरुरत नहीं है. जरा सोचिये हमारे भ्रष्ट राजनेताओं और नोकरशाहों ने
कैसे देश को लूटा है और ये लूट का सिलसिला अभी तक 2011 तक जारी है.
अंग्रेजो ने हमारे भारत पर करीब 200 सालो तक राज करके करीब 1 लाख करोड़ रुपये लूटा.
मगर आजादी के केवल 64 सालों में हमारे भ्रस्टाचार ने 280 लाख करोड़ लूटा है.
एक तरफ 200 साल में 1 लाख करोड़ है और दूसरी तरफ केवल 64 सालों में 280 लाख करोड़ है.
यानि हर साल लगभग 4.37 लाख करोड़, या हर महीने करीब 36 हजार
करोड़ भारतीय मुद्रा स्विस बैंक में इन भ्रष्ट लोगों द्वारा जमा करवाई गई है.
भारत को किसी वर्ल्ड बैंक के लोन की कोई दरकार नहीं है. सोचो की कितना पैसा
हमारे भ्रष्ट राजनेताओं और उच्च अधिकारीयों ने ब्लाक करके रखा हुआ है .
हमे भ्रस्ट राजनेताओं और भ्रष्ट अधिकारीयों के खिलाफ जाने का पूर्ण अधिकार है.
हाल ही में हुवे घोटालों का आप सभी को पता ही है - CWG घोटाला, २ जी
स्पेक्ट्रुम घोटाला , आदर्श होउसिंग घोटाला ... और ना जाने कौन कौन से घो टाले
अभी उजागर होने वाले है ........
आप लोग जोक्स फॉरवर्ड करते ही हो. इसे भी इतना फॉरवर्ड करो की पूरा भारत इसे
पढ़े ... और एक आन्दोलन बन जाये ...
By
chandan kumar baidya, Senior industrial engineer in garment division, Orient craft ltd
| 06 11 2011 17:47:56 +0000
|
we need transparency and have to stop illegal export of agriculture commodity. No need to feed rest of the world, when People inside India are starving
By
Sunil Bhatt, Project Research Associate, Mudra Institute of Communication Ahmedabad
| 01 31 2012 08:01:15 +0000
with Sun available for 12 month,varied agro climatic condition, India can never rest to come among poorest country
By
Sunil Bhatt, Project Research Associate, Mudra Institute of Communication Ahmedabad
| 01 27 2012 12:17:58 +0000
NEVER, but the CHOR CONGRESS PARTY ruling has compelled it to be, the have been sucking the blood of Indians since independence, we had all the resources and mind to a become a developed country but we hadn't. The selfish CHOR CONGRESS LEADERS had always left the public struggling for food cloth and shelter. In such a scenario how can we be rich?
By
Gurleen Kaur, CMD, GKM IT & Engineering
| 07 06 2011 20:18:18 +0000
Tina thanks for referral. I ditto your views on the subject.
By
Rathin Deb, Advisor and retail consultant, currently as Branch Manager, Tower Infotech Ltd
| 06 20 2011 07:22:33 +0000
INDIA IS NOT A POOR COUNTRY AND IT WILL NOT B TO. SOME KEY ECONOMIC ISSUES LIKE CENTRAL PROBLEM OF AN ECONOMY CONSISTS OF WHAT TO PRODUCE AND WHAT IN QUANTITIES , HOW ARE THESE GOODS PRODUCED AND TO WHOM TO PRODUCE ARE TO B ADDRESSED PROPERLY. AND MORE OVER THE MICRO AND MACRO ECONOMICS SHOULD B GIVEN A THRUST COUPLED WITH A CLEAR BIG PUSH THEORY. WITH RESOURCES IN ABUNDANCE THE NEED OF THE HOUR IS PROPER EXPLOITATION OF THE SAME WITH WELL DEFINED POLICIES. AFTER ALL WE ARE THE WELFARE STATE.
By
sudhakar , BUSINESS CONSULTANT
| 06 19 2011 16:34:22 +0000
India has been been a poor country and will never be a poor country. It is only the uneven distribution of wealth that is triggering such kind of debates. And, it is our responsibility as citizens to ensure that such distribution is made even by fighting corruption and increasing job opportunities.
By
Saibal Ray, SQA, confidential
| 06 19 2011 07:21:40 +0000
AS LONG AGRICULTURE CONTINUE TO B OUR BACK BONE THE QUESTION OF POOR DOESN'T ARISE.
By
sudhakar , BUSINESS CONSULTANT
| 06 16 2011 16:05:17 +0000
India is not a poor country at all. Only Indians are poor coz of current politicians
By
Sridevi Ranganaathan, Assistant Professor at Madras University
| 06 16 2011 08:40:18 +0000
Approx. 100 years of Mugal rule, 100 years of british rule and now 60 years of black british rule, we are still progressing. do you think india was poor ever? :-)
By
Nitin Mehra, Writer, Thinker, Technology Seekar
| 06 15 2011 20:34:17 +0000
tina , ur right.
By
puneet , Manager Admin
| 06 15 2011 11:52:30 +0000
We should not go with some foreigners, who are talking rubbish against our India, who is considered to be top most developing countries in the World.
By
R N Bhattacharyya, Freelancer, Freelancer
| 06 15 2011 07:35:11 +0000
India can never be a poor country, we do not know how to utilize it. It is filled with resources...........
By
Vikram M, HR Executive, freelancer
| 06 15 2011 06:01:24 +0000
India never been a poor nation, but in the beginning Britishers and now days Politicians definitely made it hollow from inside.
By
Rohit Thakur, Electrical Engineer-Industrial, Quality Engineering and Software Technologies
| 06 14 2011 16:54:43 +0000
Well said Ms. Tina. But I don't think that the words used to play with our emotions. I feel that this ring a bell of our awareness. Thanks for your referral.
By
Manakavala Perumal, Merchandiser, KARUR KCP PACKKAGINGS LTD
| 06 14 2011 13:22:30 +0000
Historically,we have been a rich nation,the reason invaders came from all over was because we were rich,in fact,our share in world economy was pretty high,we started becoming poor due to colonization.The process milked our country of our resources and reduced us to be intellectually,economically poor,now slowly the regeneration process has started and in a few decades from now,we will once again attain the commanding heights reached in the 10th century to 17th century.
By
Suresh KP, General Manager, Books for Change
| 06 14 2011 13:20:15 +0000
What is definition of poor? Govt's definition is - a person requires Rs9/day for survival. And if this is the case, India is never poor, coz even a business of begging will be making more than that in a day.
By
Nilesh Jain, Dy General Manager - Systems, A Leading Media/Telecom Co.
| 06 14 2011 12:40:21 +0000
India has been very rich both in resources and tradition. Our richness has been plundered, initially by Mughals who ruled majority of our territories, and later British. Since majority of our resources are disparate and scattered, unitary effort to link these resources for common purpose is what is lacking! Our politicians have so long been playing vote-bank politics and had scant regard to uniting our perennial rivers, dis-allow exploitation of mineral resources. Our sand, enriched with silica and radio-active elements, were unmindfully exploited. Mining rights were given to select industrialists who had all along been exploiting these resources. What we lack is "Nationalisim" and "Patriotism"! If our rulers have in them even 50% of Patriotism, this land will become a reservoir of scientific inventions, knowledge, wisdom!
By
S. Muralidharan, Executive Director, Knowledge Foundation & Campus Around the Corner
| 06 14 2011 11:52:21 +0000
There's already a topic for discussing whether or not India is a poor country: http://toostep.com/debate/is-india-a-poor-country
By
Shahnawaz Islam, PR & Media Relations Manager, National Institute of Smart Governance
| 06 14 2011 11:41:36 +0000
|
