too much extra strong koolaid,
so you are saying if we add 300 million more cows to the already congested jungle , we can become more strong & smart? quantity has a quality of its own?
These new set of 300 million people will get Western standard education and Western standard lifestyle in a country with Western levels of HDI.
India will achieve High HDI between 2030-35, that's 0.8 compared to 0.63 today. That's pretty much developed country standards. By 2035-40, the only difference between India and peak countries like Norway and Australia will be per capita income and naturally disposable income. In fact, we will have more modern and better infrastructure than today's developed countries. And India's population will still be rising during this time. Otoh, China's failed to achieve High HDI status before depopulation begins, it's in fact a massive failure.
Another advantage is the INR could become a global reserve currency by 2030-35. So comparing India's economy in terms of dollars will become irrelevant by then. As long as our import-substitution works out, it means less imports, so more forex holdings, and a stronger currency as well. And the govt has a plan to make critical technologies in India. We will obviously achieve full self-sufficiency in defence by 2035-40 as well. And we will most definitely have as good if not better infrastructure than China, never mind the West. At the very least, the whole country will have irrigation by 2030.
So a High HDI population, along with food, energy, defence and import independence, massive single market, major energy exporter, perhaps a major defence exporter too. We can achieve all of these by 2040, never mind 2050. There's literally not a single country with all these advantages today. Our only disadvantage is we will be dependent on import of raw materials, but that's easily manageable because of Russia and Africa.
, we can catch up by 2040-45.
