The myth of India

This article lays bare the myth of #India has experienced economic boom under #Modi, much of it is true.

https://foreignpolicy.com/2023/06/23/modi-india-economy-success-story/ states

when U.S. elites refer to India having a functional free press, judiciary, and democracy, they are either dishonest or in denial about how the country’s political system has developed under Modi. But the same is true when they praise India’s economy

India definitely does not have a functional free press, or judiciary, or democracy. Even the so-called economic boom under Modi’s rule is a myth or a perpetrated lie. As the author of the paper claims

The failure to add manufacturing jobs is especially stark when India is compared with similar economies in Vietnam and Bangladesh. Both nations doubled their share of manufacturing employment between 2000 and 2020, while India’s share barely rose 2 percent. Now, Vietnam exports approximately the same value in manufactured goods with its 100 million people as does India with its 1.4 billion.

India has fallen behind most Asian countries now in terms of industrial productivity but there seems to be a denial. Modi’s development model is flawed, as the article notes,

(Modi’s) development model that privileges huge, politically connected Indian incumbents — foreign firms have to seek partnerships with them to succeed. And contrary to its image of global economic openness, the government has also hiked tariffs on various goods —…