Why is India Still Poor?

How is it possible that a country with so much wealth, is still so poor?

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[kaibaing]

Ty for the upload on independence day
Kudos to u 😊

[TV-xcut]

I feel like almost every conflict in the world nowadays has something to do with Brits….

[bangscutter]

Nordic countries: Takes the best from capitalism and socialism.
India: Takes the worst from capitalism and socialism.
*oof*

[nikolaslarson]

1. The ruinous cast system
2. Corruption
3. Repressed minorities

[distanthope]

As an Indian I am disgusted how there are still those among us that blame the British for our problems. How long until we take responsibility and become as great as we should be? India shall rise up!

[vipinzh]

Being an Indian I have a very strong feeling that whenever we talk about Indians/Indian history/Indian economy & developing programs, we always blame British & our political leadership but never blame ourselves that we are responsible for it directly. British came in power because few people wants always on the throne and allowed rest of Indian to be slaves then politicians wanted always in power and make slave again rest of Indians. Look at us in the 21st century we r still voting 🗳 in the name of caste creed and ironically those old government still wants us to vote for them.

[Titan-mqbx]

"Democracy is like a gamble. If you get a good ruling party congratulation.But if you don't nothing can help you become a better country"
Summary of indian Republic over decades.

[desmbergg]

Because here people make babies to show the society, they are not barren. They raise babies, so as they could help them in old age. They brain wash children to take jobs, which make their parents proud in society. Never follow your own passion. Doing your own homeworks like cleaning, cooking and repairing is a low caste activity, so it must not not be practiced. India is poor because you are not to express yourself, if it is conflicting older people and century old customs. And, you must never listen to the young ones because they always blabber in high adrenaline state, without making any sense.

[FaithfulObjectivist]

Finally, a clear and reasonable presentation of contemporary India socioeconomics. Outstanding work.

[bulu]

Because indian leaders thought only doing agriculture is enough for india . They didn't think privatisation, industrialisation and capitalism will do any good.

[facts]

In short, before 1992 India was closed economy because fear of colonization. But after 1992 reformed. India opened for World. But people still have fear of privatisation.

[Duececoupe]

Having loved history and geography since school (I'm 54), I have a soft spot for India, beautiful country, beautiful people....at times, bloody history!

Excellent video! 👍🏻👌🏻👏🏻

[roct]

This was so informative. Really liked it!

[jienz]

This is a great video. I'm from China and we are very curious about Indian culture. In ancient times our culture was partly influenced by Indian culture probably through Buddhism. India and China have a lot in common. Both are large countries with large populations; both are old countries with splendid cultures; both used to be affected by western invasion; both used to be very poor and have a lot of people to feed. I hope China and India can settle the territory dispute peacefully and join hands to develop together.
am currently studying in the U.S., so I can definitely use youtube.

[frazierk]

“You should never half-ass two things, whole ass one thing”
-Ron Swanson

[AmitBhujel]

Correction at 3:02: Nepal was never a part if British empire.

[ildart]

As someone who serves in the military, the Arjun tank, and the HAL Tejas fighter scream of corruption. Developing indigenous tank and fighter for over 20+ years with multiple delays tells me of huge corruption. Arjun was a competitive tank in the 80-s, but its protracted development made it uncompetitive by now. Plus India bought and manufactured T-90 Russian tanks which are below Russian quality, hence the problems with engine cooling and reliability in a tropical climate.

[hsoepangkat]

This video gave a very dim picture of India's future. The only thing it misses, is the terrible corruption practice of the government officers of all levels, from federal to state. Without the elimination of the corrupt practice, it will be difficult to attract investors.

[abhijitkhopkar]

The problem with India was that we continued to live in colonial hangover for much longer than needed. We were always afraid of being colonized again. The fear was so high that when USSR collapsed, as a small child I was deeply paranoid. The way elders used to talk, it seemed American bombers were on their way to bomb us. We could have grown like S.Korea and Japan with correct economic policies right from day one.

[LuckyDuckie]

21:03 completely false, South Korea had more government control over its economy than India ever did. South Korea is success today because of its facist government in the 1960-1990s. You couldn't do anything without government approval during that time in south korea.