India countdown to Mars mission
05 November 2013, 10:19 AM
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National debt as % of GDP:
Greece 199%
USA 108%
France 95%
Germany 85%
UK 70%
India 50%
India now gives quite a lot of aid to other countires, in fact their aid payments to other countries has gone up 300% in the last 5 years.
Last years aid payment to India (c.£280M) from the UK did not take place, and I dont think there was one this year.
Its still a fragile economy but creating jobs in industry other than call centres is a good thing in my books.
Now look at the £450 BILLION we pumped into the banks to keep them going...
Greece 199%
USA 108%
France 95%
Germany 85%
UK 70%
India 50%
India now gives quite a lot of aid to other countires, in fact their aid payments to other countries has gone up 300% in the last 5 years.
Last years aid payment to India (c.£280M) from the UK did not take place, and I dont think there was one this year.
Its still a fragile economy but creating jobs in industry other than call centres is a good thing in my books.
Now look at the £450 BILLION we pumped into the banks to keep them going...
05 November 2013, 10:34 AM
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No but if you give me your bank account details I am sure I can arrange an urgent telex from my good friend the Crown Prince who has your share of £400,000,000. We may need some capital up front to cover some taxes.. I am sure you understand...
05 November 2013, 10:49 AM
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National debt as % of GDP:
Greece 199%
USA 108%
France 95%
Germany 85%
UK 70%
India 50%
India now gives quite a lot of aid to other countires, in fact their aid payments to other countries has gone up 300% in the last 5 years.
Last years aid payment to India (c.£280M) from the UK did not take place, and I dont think there was one this year.
Its still a fragile economy but creating jobs in industry other than call centres is a good thing in my books.
Now look at the £450 BILLION we pumped into the banks to keep them going...
Greece 199%
USA 108%
France 95%
Germany 85%
UK 70%
India 50%
India now gives quite a lot of aid to other countires, in fact their aid payments to other countries has gone up 300% in the last 5 years.
Last years aid payment to India (c.£280M) from the UK did not take place, and I dont think there was one this year.
Its still a fragile economy but creating jobs in industry other than call centres is a good thing in my books.
Now look at the £450 BILLION we pumped into the banks to keep them going...
05 November 2013, 12:46 PM
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http://devtracker.dfid.gov.uk/countries/IN/
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05 November 2013, 02:25 PM
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Not sure this is true. The DFID page seems to suggest that they had budget in the past and up until 2015.
http://devtracker.dfid.gov.uk/countries/IN/
http://devtracker.dfid.gov.uk/countries/IN/
I think India now gives >$1Bn in aid to Africa.
The country is developing quickly, and it cant change overnight - but give it another 20-30 years and I reckon it will be doing quite well for itself.
05 November 2013, 03:57 PM
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I'm not sure it's that simple. I believe the DFID make grants of smaller amounts against multiple projects, so they don't hand out a single cheque to any government as such for the full amount. Those grants go to multiple recipients including NGO's. You'd have to get all recipients to agree not to take the money to say "we didn't give it away after all".
05 November 2013, 05:14 PM
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I've been to India recently and trust me it's not going to take anything like 20yrs, the place looks like Japan with sky trains, every multinational company has a major presence there, the place has been totally transformed in the last 10yrs, middle class is booming.
05 November 2013, 05:22 PM
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I've been to India recently and trust me it's not going to take anything like 20yrs, the place looks like Japan with sky trains, every multinational company has a major presence there, the place has been totally transformed in the last 10yrs, middle class is booming.
This will of course improve as their economy further develops. But there is a very long way to go.
05 November 2013, 05:46 PM
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I'm not quite as optimistic; firstly, the level of pollution when 100's of millions of Indians have a western level of consumer lifestyles will be monumental, secondly I don't get this idea that the western form-of-life is something that other people MUST 'ascend' to, as if it is some universal good, this universalism is idiotic.
05 November 2013, 07:28 PM
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Stupid idea to go to Mars. They should be putting money back into improving the state of the poor. They worship all the planets, anyway. They should leave it alone and keep praying to it from distance.
05 November 2013, 08:53 PM
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You should know what I mean. Mangala aka Mars planet is the celebrate son of the Goddess Earth, and the red God of War. Men in specific need to fast every Tuesday, to honour planet Mangala, and go to Hanumanji's mandir in the evening to pray to him as well. I just like the sweets that you get from mandir puja- God forgive me. Yum yum. 
05 November 2013, 10:23 PM
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You should know what I mean. Mangala aka Mars planet is the celebrate son of the Goddess Earth, and the red God of War. Men in specific need to fast every Tuesday, to honour planet Mangala, and go to Hanumanji's mandir in the evening to pray to him as well. I just like the sweets that you get from mandir puja- God forgive me. Yum yum.
Do the sikhs, muslims, buddhists and atheists of India subscribe to this nonsense?
05 November 2013, 10:46 PM
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06 November 2013, 07:19 AM
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You should know what I mean. Mangala aka Mars planet is the celebrate son of the Goddess Earth, and the red God of War. Men in specific need to fast every Tuesday, to honour planet Mangala, and go to Hanumanji's mandir in the evening to pray to him as well. I just like the sweets that you get from mandir puja- God forgive me. Yum yum.
06 November 2013, 07:22 AM
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06 November 2013, 01:22 PM
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Text I received this morning;
NASA have congratulated India on a successful launch, but have expressed concern for the safety of the 500 people travelling on the roof
NASA have congratulated India on a successful launch, but have expressed concern for the safety of the 500 people travelling on the roof
06 November 2013, 04:30 PM
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