Why is the UK borrowing money to give to India, when India has a space programme?

Question

With the UK in record debt, with a record number of UK children living in poverty why is the UK giving aid to India when India has enough money to spend it on a space programme?

Answer 1

Someone gets a nice fat back hander maybe?

Answer 2

India runs the steel market, Mittel steel is the biggest steel company in the world. They've access to all the steel they need and cheap labour. They can probably fit out the electronics themselves under license. Their space program is there as a nationwide feel good factor, nothing would give a country hope more than the thought of putting someone on the moon. they're up to something they're also in conjunction with Mig i think to build their own fleet of mig fighters. So they either want to be a world super power or they're planning on a war with someone but one things for sure they will form an alliance with an already established super power. The money is just there as a non repayable loan, by way of a bribe for keeping in with the Jonses.

Answer 3

It hurts me and I find it disgusting that we still give money to a country that even owns atomic bombs. We always poured money into India, even when India waged war on Pakistan and they even bought tanks and aircraft from the UK with money that we sent to stave of starvation of millions of children.



Also, the same can be said of China. Financial aid from Britain STILL went there last year when they staged the most extravagant Olympic games EVER. Again, China has it's own space prog and nuclear capability.

Answer 4

Unlike UK which is totally secure by NATO alliance with the US and surrounded by mostly friendly European countries, India lies in an extremely unpredictable neighbourhood, surrounded by unstable countries that are hostile to its very existence and their instability can spill over to India.



China, Bangladesh, Tibet, Xinjiang, Pakistan, Pakistan-occupied Kashmir, Iran, Iraq and Middle-East, Afghanistan, Myanmar -none of these regions are peaceful. Pakistan has a flourishing industry where they print fake Indian currency and smuggle it over to India. China is inundating rural Indian markets with cheap, Made in China produce and laying claim to Indian territory in Arunachal Pradesh which they call South Tibet. China's nuclear missile range covers most of Indian cities. So does Pakistan's. If India didn't have its own nukes, we would be constantly bullied and blackmailed by such "nice" neighbours.



Countries like Bangladesh and Myanmar keep sending infiltrators and drug smugglers -a lot of hashish from Afghanistan also ends up here. The Taliban is trying to engage with Indian Islamic militants who try to destabilize the country from within. China is sponsoring Communist militias in Eastern and Central-East regions of India.



Clearly, India is the one whose spending on defence research/space technology is justified much more than UK. You can afford not to make an additional aircraft carrier -India can't. Throughout its recent history, India has never been hostile to any Western government.



Besides, India defence expenditure is only 2~3% of its GDP. Wouldn't you spend that much money out of your household income to keep your home safe from burglars?



Poverty in India is a problem because of endemic factors like rich-poor divide, lack of economic opportunities in many states and a caste system which is more of a social evil. No matter how much money is poured into India, poverty will never disappear. It's like a bottomless pit.



If UK is spending £300 million in aid to India per annum, I would say "Thank You" but it's still not enough -just a drop in the ocean. If some charitable philanthropists in the UK are doing their part in keeping some poor Indians alive -who are we to stop them.

Answer 5

...ye its wrong. maybe the Indians should send us aid. I dont have issue with foreign aid but China and India shouldnt recieve aid from us now, china must spend a small fortune on weapons ond india is spending billions on putting a man on the moon. Why dont they send aid to somalia?



btw nicky campbell is a knob...



The new UK Royal Navy Future Aircraft Carrier will displace 65,000t, haha we win, well until the tories scrap it.

Answer 6

If it's true then that is madness, but come on a record number of kids in poverty? Who told you that bollocks?

Answer 7

Now that is a good question. Economic aid to 'developing countries' I suppose and only politicians could allow it to continue whilst their own country is in an economic mess.

Answer 8

I agree with you - if India can afford these things, it can afford to look after its own. But do remember most overseas aid is given as trade links which benefit the donor as much as the recipient.



And the phrase "borrowing money to give to India" is a little misleading.



I have a mortgage, so I am borrowing money. If I donate to an Indian orphanage, does that mean I am "borrowing money to give to India". Of course not.



We are "borrowing money AND giving to India"; not borrowing money in order to give it to India.

Answer 9

I agree with you but there are questions which remain unanswered cos the justice don't belong to this world

Answer 10

He holds his hands in the air with a totally blank look on his face because he really does not have a clue why!

Answer 11

USA has millions of poor people where investment is essential.

How many spaceships have they built ???

Answer 12

God knows- it makes no sense at all