Are India's GDP figures OK after all?(ft.com)
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Are India's GDP figures OK after all?
https://www.ft.com/content/28783a0c-5a7c-4d6b-9485-61bdcb06e83d
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The article is paywalled so I couldn't read. But my observation as an Indian is that for a few the salaries have sky rocketed. But for most income has declined or is stagnant and combined with inflation there is certainly a dampener on financial freedom. The govt never gives us lucid figures as to how the economy is growing and how much govt funds and effort of govt agencies (India is run by various govt agencies masquerading as business corporations) are diverted to the intense enrichment of the top 100 super rich.
A very ironic Indian scenario is that the national census that is going on they ask what company broadband service I use, which company tv I have I have what is my fone number. What is my religion. And the names of my family members. They ask all kinds of privacy defeating questions. But they never ask any health related issue. If my family is suffering from any health or financial distress. Even our census is an excercise in snooping on citizens but the action points that the govt could take those are absent like:
1. Have you been harassed by any govt official (I have not been recently)
2. How do you look at sanitation in your area (it's fine in my area)
3. Do stray dogs pose danger to you (Yes Yes Yes all the way. They are often in packs of 4-8 dogs and are very aggressive especially to women and children and to people walking alone. Walking alone in India is lost due to stray dogs in residential areas)
4. Is your family in health distress?
5. Is your family going through financial distress in the past 2 years?
6. How do you perceive corruption in India?
7. How do you perceive competency in govt agencies and programs?
8. What's your take on pollution.
9. Any thing that you want to suggest to change in India?