CHAPTER 10

Development Experience of India: A Comparison With Neighbours

“You can change friends but not neighbours.”—Atal Bihari Vajpayee

Topics Covered

  • A comparison with neighbours:
    • India and Pakistan
    • India and China
  • Issues:
    • Economic growth
    • Population
    • Sectoral development
    • Other Human Development Indicators

CHAPTER AT A GLANCE

  1. Nations have formed economic groupings to strengthen their own domestic economies. Examples of such groupings are SAARC, European Union, ASEAN, G-20, G-8, BRICS, etc.
  2. The political power setup of India, China and Pakistan is very different:
    1. India is the largest democracy in the world, is a secular nation and has a liberal constitution.
    2. Pakistan has a militarist political power structure.
    3. China is a command ...

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