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No. Poverty gets reduced as a side effect of technological advancement. It has always been that way.
India successfully launches first mission to the Moon
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#12India becomes the 4th country after USSR, USA and Japan. It is a great moment for the developing nation.
India has nuclear power (and weapons) and aircraft carriers. To all intents and purposes, it's a developed nation. Underestimating India on the assumption that it is "developing" or "poor" is a mistake that will bite competitor nations on the arse if they're not careful.
You will have to see it to believe it. Nuclear power or Space research are just one off achievements but the general GDP per capita speaks volumes.
Once our director visited India, where I live, considering expansion of the insurance business. He went back shocked that India needs at least 20 more years to be even considered for a systematic underwriting. Such is the state of development, government and people.
Its unfortunate but true that India is far away from being considered a developed nation. Education or Patriotism cannot change much in a extremely corrupted political system which controls everything in the country.
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#13still almost 100% techies in India never prefer or think about joining ISRO/DRDO which are world-class research organizations.
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Trying to work on reducing poverty is like trying to fight a war on terror.You will get no where with such an abstract and undefined cause. Rather Indians have chosen to concentrate and improve on concrete goals which I am sure will lead to elimination of poverty in time.
Flying to the moon has tremendous symbolic value which will energise the raising economy. And hey it was done for just 80 million dollars, so its not exactly a huge indulgence if you think about it.
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No. Poverty gets reduced as a side effect of technological advancement. It has always been that way.
Totally.
More for a country like India there is no other way out than to get more and more people educated and build an awareness.
India needs yet another revolution like the Freedom Movement in the 1900's to take the next leap.
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#16still almost 100% techies in India never prefer or think about joining ISRO/DRDO which are world-class research organizations.
Not entirely right. Before the software industry's success in India, most engineers would either aim for ISRO/DRDO or other niche government organizations.
The software industry simply offers better prospects - better pay and faster career growth.
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#17Earlier quoted context omitted.
India has nuclear power (and weapons) and aircraft carriers. To all intents and purposes, it's a developed nation. Underestimating India on the assumption that it is "developing" or "poor" is a mistake that will bite competitor nations on the arse if they're not careful.
You will have to see it to believe it. Nuclear power or Space research are just one off achievements but the general GDP per capita speaks volumes. Once our director visited India, where I live, considering expansion of the insurance business. He went back shocked that India needs at least 20 more years to be even considered for a systematic underwriting. Such is the state of development, government and people. Its u…
It's actually the education system that is largely responsible for the "extremely corrupted political system", among other issues.
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#18India is actually 6th to launch mission to the moon. And ISRO/DRDO are not thought to be good career choices by young Indians by far!!!
Also, I think that we will see this turn into a prestige issue with competing neighbours like Pakistan and China taking note and perhaps speeding up their mission too!!!
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#19India is actually 6th to launch mission to the moon. And ISRO/DRDO are not thought to be good career choices by young Indians by far!!!
Also, I think that we will see this turn into a prestige issue with competing neighbours like Pakistan and China taking note and perhaps speeding up their space missions/research too!!!
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#20still almost 100% techies in India never prefer or think about joining ISRO/DRDO which are world-class research organizations.
Not entirely right. Before the software industry's success in India, most engineers would either aim for ISRO/DRDO or other niche government organizations. The software industry simply offers better prospects - better pay and faster career growth.
Partially true; because even before the software boom, most techies aimed at working in a foreign country (like the US) where they would be much more well-payed.