Who cares? The overall consumer prices is almost twice! If you want to drill down to individual items, be my guest. It will be a minutia.
For that matter milk costs almost four times in Shanghai than Mumbai.
A bottle of water costs almost twice in Shanghai than Mumbai.
So what if electricity or gasoline is just 16% or 6% higher, other commodities are WAY more expensive in shanghai.
May I ask why you have such a hard-on on electricity and gasoline?
BTW, look at delhi vs beijing :
Cost of Living Comparison Between Delhi, India And Beijing, China
Consumer prices in beijing (including rent) is 2.5 times that of Delhi.
What do you mean who cares? I care, and so does every other general in the world.
I don't make ships based on cost of living, I make ships based on the cost of gasoline and electricity.
So when you speak of capex on a military, you need to compare the price of gasoline and electricity, not banana and rice.
China's installed power generation capacity is 2000GW as of 2019. India's installed power capacity is 365GW in 2019. A difference of 5.5. China added 1/3rd of India's total installed capacity in just 1 year in 2019. So yeah, I prefer to live in reality.
China spends half of what we do in percentage terms on their military and we still have a massive spending gap with them. And that's literally because of the price of gasoline and electricity.
Let's do the math, shall we? India spends $45B on defence, and $15B out of that is spent on capex and the remaining on revenue. Of the $30B in revenue, let's assume we spend $20B on salaries, bananas and rice. That leaves $25B for modernisation and operation costs. Now, the Chinese are roughly the same as us in numbers, so the revenue expenses are the same. But let's add your cost of living numbers, and then further double it for the sake of it. For easy calculation, let's say the Chinese spend 100% more (instead of 70% as given by Numbeo), and then let me double that even further. So let's assume China is spending $80B on personnel costs, which is far more than generous. Hell, let's just add another $20B for the heck of it. So China is now effectively spending 500% more on salaries and food, than the mere 70% increase for the stuff mentioned in Numbeo, compared to us. I don't think you should have any arguments against that. The Chinese defence budget is $250B. You take out 100B out of that, we get $150B. So, even after the ridiculous expenses on personnel I've created out of thin air, China's spending on capex and operations is $150B.
So in which world is 150B 2.5 times of $25B? And remember, the Chinese spending is only half that of ours. If they decide to match us, then it's going to be $300B, all spent on "gasoline and electricity".
So we got 150B in spending for China compared to 25B for India. Which is 6 times. And this is similar to the 5.4 times we got for installed power generation between the two countries. Effectively, China can spend 5-6 times on procuring military gear than India without even trying. At least 12 times if they actually tried by merely matching us. These are hard facts, not made up numbers. And I haven't even considered the fact that we import while they make everything they need at home.
So I don't think you understand the value of money at all. Or how much of a difference is there between China/US and India. And even after having explained it, a complete waste of my time, mind you, I don't think you will still get it. Cheers.