will india become a first world nation in the next 50-100 years?

[Mortimer]

what do you think?

[Amun]

If they controlled their population growth, maybe. I think Indians should apply 1 child policy if they want to be advanced.

[Lord Flasheart]

Looking at the amount of widespread poverty and gap between the rich and poor, no.

Mind, looking at the growing level of poverty and gap between the rich and poor in the west we might be dropping down a few pegs to join them if things don't pick up sharpish.

[RussiaPrussia]

well i dont know, you cant know for every country how its gonna devolope. But india is not that much far away from ssa

http://data.worldbank.org/indicator/...?display=graph

You could then ask the same question for ssa then.

[Mortimer]

well i dont know, you cant know for every country how its gonna devolope. But india is not that much far away from ssa

http://data.worldbank.org/indicator/...?display=graph

You could then ask the same question for ssa then.

i think india is different then SSA in many aspects. I read India has the fastest growing middle class in the world
With one of the fastest growing economies in the world, clocked at a growth rate of 8.3% in 2010, India is fast on its way to becoming a large and globally important consumer economy. The Indian middle class was estimated to be 250 million people in 2007, by McKinsey & Company.[1] It will reach 600 million by 2030. According to Deutsche Research the estimates are nearly 300 million people for all Middle Class.[2] If current trends continue, Indian per capita purchasing power parity will significantly increase from 4.7 to 6.1 percent of the world share by 2015.[3] In 2006, 22 percent of Indians lived under the poverty line. India aims to eradicate poverty by 2020
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Standar...iving_in_India

also Indians have a space Programme, intercontinental nuclear Missiles and the 4th strongest army in the world etc.

[CrystalMaiden]

If they controlled their population growth, maybe. I think Indians should apply 1 child policy if they want to be advanced.

This

[Loki]

what do you think?

No. Why? Because inequality is so deeply entrenched into Hindu society, it would take a whole change of mindset to overcome that. And a long, long time.

[Amun]

No. Why? Because inequality is so deeply entrenched into Hindu society, it would take a whole change of mindset to overcome that. And a long, long time.

Agreed. Caste system is so deeply rooted in Indian society. How successful you are, depends on which clan or family you belong.

[ABest]

I think that they have the potential to become a force to be reckoned with. As Amun said, population control would have to be implemented along with maybe some administrative reforms that would allow a more competitive and efficient economy. India is already exporting many precious stones, iron ore and other minerals and some chemicals and medicaments but they could develop their exports of machinery and cars in the future, if they reorganized their economy.

[Albion]

They'll run out of water before then, maybe in the next ten years.