India officially becomes 4th largest Global Economy

[kepler37b]

3 hours ago, Ranvir said:

GDP per capita is the more important metric. 

 

India is a services nation and builds nothing to compete with western/east Asian products.

No.

[kepler37b]

14 hours ago, Vancouver said:

 

Probably start with not speaking their language and I hope you stay way from Anglo countries.

West has been a constructive force for human beings.  It has done more good than bad. 

[singhvivek141]

1 hour ago, Vicks57 said:

 

We manufacture absolutely nothing.

 

Look at China. They manufacture toys, phones, EVs, Electronics, Semiconductors.

 

They have Huawei doing some major innovation.

Pharma, guns and artilley, rocket shells, textiles.

[kepler37b]

41 minutes ago, singhvivek141 said:

Pharma, guns and artilley, rocket shells, textiles.

 

[Ranvir]

1 hour ago, Vicks57 said:

 

I will give you Pharma and textiles.

 

We need to become a electronics powerhouse. Both in consumer electronics and semiconductors.

 

You cannot include military stuff because china manufactures a lot more military equipment and exports much more than us.

 

They will potentially be the next big car manufacturer as well.

[G_B_]

I think wrong to say india does not manufacture anything.

 

We are second largest manufacturer of cement steel etc. Base chemicals are booming. 

 

But its fair to say that we should be producing more.

 

[Mariyam]

4 hours ago, Vicks57 said:

 

We manufacture absolutely nothing.

 

Look at China. They manufacture toys, phones, EVs, Electronics, Semiconductors.

 

They have Huawei doing some major innovation.

Pharmaceuticals

Research in pharmaceuticals

Auto parts

Ancillary industry to automobiles

Processed food

TEXTILES

Chemicals for industrial usage

Chemicals for construction

Construction equipment and cement

Iron and Steel

And a booming defense manufacturing sector too.

 

Just from the top of my head.

Edited May 7, 2025 by Mariyam

[Lord]

Unless the benefits the lowest strata of the society, such numbers are good to feel good only.

 

[G_B_]

1 hour ago, Lord said:

Unless the benefits the lowest strata of the society, such numbers are good to feel good only.

 

Thats not true.

 

Bigger gdp in usd terms better options for low interest loans at world bank imf. More say in these institutions

 

 

[putrevus]

2 hours ago, Lord said:

Unless the benefits the lowest strata of the society, such numbers are good to feel good only.

 

 They need to develop soft power to deter neighbors from killing their own citizens in their own country.

[coffee_rules]

What’s the BFD ? Asks Rubbish . 

 

 

[kepler37b]

..too many Indians wrist slitting on tootar.

 

This is a big fat W.

 

Read the history. No country before us has achieved so much with this much diversity.

 

BC..my apartment complex has naarthie Brahmins, a family from Assam, a family from tamilnadu. There is more diversity in my apartment block than the entire nation of Japan. 

[G_B_]

Germany i think is only third due to currency strength of euro

 

Their projected real gdp growth in the next decade in a "good" scenario is 2.25%. (Medium 1.5% and Bad 0.5%).

 

Blunt truth India's rise from 10th to 4th has been aided by Western Europe and Japan being stagnant.

 

Very hard to make money in western europe. Its more of a lifestyle champion. 

 

[kepler37b]

7 minutes ago, G_B_ said:

Germany i think is only third due to currency strength of euro

 

Their projected real gdp growth in the next decade in a "good" scenario is 2.25%. (Medium 1.5% and Bad 0.5%).

 

Blunt truth India's rise from 10th to 4th has been aided by Western Europe and Japan being stagnant.

 

Very hard to make money in western europe. Its more of a lifestyle champion. 

 

Trump and Vance have pushed europe to re-arm now. And Russian adventure in ukraine has rattled them.

 

Starting with germany they will spend lavishly on defence. I hope that will revitalize their societies.

 

BTW, civilization makes people weak. Generations of peace and prosperity has made Europeans soft and lazy. No wonder, they are able to do zilch to counter Islamic invasion. And they are not able to compete with indians in work ethic.

[G_B_]

2 hours ago, kepler37b said:

Trump and Vance have pushed europe to re-arm now. And Russian adventure in ukraine has rattled them.

 

Starting with germany they will spend lavishly on defence. I hope that will revitalize their societies.

 

BTW, civilization makes people weak. Generations of peace and prosperity has made Europeans soft and lazy. No wonder, they are able to do zilch to counter Islamic invasion. And they are not able to compete with indians in work ethic.

 

I would not say generations. Europe is also an entire continent. Eastern Europe saw trauma in the 1990s after the collapse of the Soviet Union, and the Balkans saw war. The 1990s were volatile for Europe as a whole, but the world wars were only 80-90 years ago.

 

I think Europe has seen proper peace for 30 years or so. Western Europe for 70 odd years. Eastern Europe from Poland to Slovakia has done remarkably well these last 20 years.

 

What helps the USA is that you have a lot of young migrants coming over. The median age of the USA has barely inched up the last 30 years. Europe in contrast, has become old. I think the median age in Europe is 44/45 years old and rapidly approaching 50. When you are in your 40s stability is more important than taking risks. USA given its lower age profile is still a country where people can come and take risks.

[LordPrabhzy]

right.. a country that cant plan and prevent a brand new metro station to flood in two months of opening in the financial centre of India these Trillion GDP overtakes are meaningless.

 

Lets stop this pointless chest thumping for a country that cant make functioning roads and stations/airports which crumble

[coffee_rules]

5 minutes ago, LordPrabhzy said:

right.. a country that cant plan and prevent a brand new metro station to flood in two months of opening in the financial centre of India these Trillion GDP overtakes are meaningless.

 

Lets stop this pointless chest thumping for a country that cant make functioning roads and stations/airports which crumble

There are short-comings, need not be all negative as well. We could have been worse under UPA rule. Look at the postives.  Private sector is pulling India out of its problems. Public sector is bringing it down. If reservations come to private sector, India is doomed.

[LordPrabhzy]

8 minutes ago, coffee_rules said:

There are short-comings, need not be all negative as well. We could have been worse under UPA rule. Look at the postives.  Private sector is pulling India out of its problems. Public sector is bringing it down. If reservations come to private sector, India is doomed.

These are BIG shortcomings- as much as I am not a UPA fan but maybe in the quest of speed of infrastructure projects to win elections maybe the Gov and state govs have not actually allocated the right amount of money to bring in contractors who can build projects that are lasting and wont crumble easily.. if they are taking shortcuts and employing reservation infested engineering and construction firms just for photo ops, the end product will be ghatiya and the tax payer is right to be cheesed off.

[Real McCoy]

12 hours ago, coffee_rules said:

There are short-comings, need not be all negative as well. We could have been worse under UPA rule. Look at the postives.  Private sector is pulling India out of its problems. Public sector is bringing it down. If reservations come to private sector, India is doomed.

 

Anyone who is asking/enacting laws for including reservations in the private sector is an anti-national. Dumb choice to involve that filth and is soft communism

[crictime]

On 5/7/2025 at 3:51 PM, Lord said:

Unless the benefits the lowest strata of the society, such numbers are good to feel good only.

 

That's a really small one-sentence post, but one could not have hit the nail better. 

 

People certainly have expectations of economic betterment. There are no two ways about it. These expectations have to be met. The gdp of country is booming but per capita income is not. The years during which Indian rural segment, which is majorly lower middle class or below poverty line gets more income, the economy is at the best. The progress is surely there in manufacturing and services sectors, however these sectors depends on the income of rural India.Increase in income has to reach pockets of everyone, not a select few.  If they do not earn more the worth of gdp growth has limited value. 

Edited July 9, 2025 by crictime