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India has a chance this time. Govt seems committed to “start” the leap frogging process. For example there is new energy around building infrastructure, especia

by vgchh 6y ago

India has a chance this time. Govt seems committed to “start” the leap frogging process. For example there is new energy around building infrastructure, especially expressways. Also China’s recent actions are also a wake up call and acting as the fuel in the fire for India to get its own house in order.

ramraj07 6y ago
Only if the Modi government isn’t capped it’s going to be no different than the Chinese system. Possibly worse: the facism and genocide with none of the efficiency benefits!
- dragonwriter 6y ago
  > Possibly worse: the facism and genocide with none of the efficiency benefits Once you get the fascism down, the propaganda that creates the illusion of efficiency will be there, too. They kinda go hand-in-armored-gauntlet.
- dang 6y ago
  Please do not take HN threads further into political or partisan flamewar. It leads deeper into hell and we're trying to go the other way here. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
blackrock 6y ago
Maybe their chips can be powered with special cow dung! ARM DUNG PRO x85.9
- dang 6y ago
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  - blackrock 6y ago
    This comment was just a joke. My comments are mild, compared to everyone else’s inflammatory comments. Can you ban them also?
paxys 6y ago
The "Make in India" campaign launched in 2014 and the government still has nothing to show for it. What makes you think things will be different now?
- kamaal 6y ago
  The same reason why people buy lottery tickets. Though you know you mostly won't win a thing, and actually lose money. Its always fun to dream up a winning scenario and enjoy in your fantasies. That's pretty much it. Everything else damned, people are treating the voting slip as an expensive lottery ticket. Lose economically, socially and suffer on the long run, for small time thrill in a day dream. If "Make in India" succeeds, then If "I get a high paying job", then If "Save enough".... If then , If then, If then.... Soon you are driving high end German cars, and staying in expensive Gated communities.
- hiyer 6y ago
  Why do you say there is nothing to show for it? To take one example - mobile phones - India is now the second largest manufacturer of mobile phones in the world [0]. Samsung recently started the largest mobile phone manufacturing unit in the world in Noida. There are now over 200 mobile manufacturing units in India, compared to just 3 in 2014 when "Make in India" was launched. A few auto manufacturers - Kia, SAIC and Citroen as I recall - have also set up new plants in India since 2014, although in this sector India was quite adept before 2014 also. 0. https://www.timesnownews.com/technology-science/article/india-emerges-as-the-second-largest-mobile-phone-manufacturer-in-the-world-ravi-shankar-prasad/600184 https://www.timesnownews.com/technology-science/article/indi...
  - baybal2 6y ago
    > There are now over 200 mobile manufacturing units in India That's a bit of a stretch. The prime majority of them just assemble from knockdown kits to circumvent India's tarrifs, and bureaucratic phone registration scheme. Though I see more of them going for a more complete assembly in a few years time.
    - 6y ago

by vgchh 6y ago

ramraj07 6y ago

Only if the Modi government isn’t capped it’s going to be no different than the Chinese system. Possibly worse: the facism and genocide with none of the efficiency benefits!

dragonwriter 6y ago
> Possibly worse: the facism and genocide with none of the efficiency benefits Once you get the fascism down, the propaganda that creates the illusion of efficiency will be there, too. They kinda go hand-in-armored-gauntlet.
dang 6y ago
Please do not take HN threads further into political or partisan flamewar. It leads deeper into hell and we're trying to go the other way here. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

blackrock 6y ago

Maybe their chips can be powered with special cow dung! ARM DUNG PRO x85.9

dang 6y ago
We've banned this account for repeatedly posting abusively and ignoring our requests to stop. If you don't want to be banned, you're welcome to email hn@ycombinator.com and give us reason to believe that you'll follow the rules in the future. They're here: https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html.
- blackrock 6y ago
  This comment was just a joke. My comments are mild, compared to everyone else’s inflammatory comments. Can you ban them also?

paxys 6y ago

The "Make in India" campaign launched in 2014 and the government still has nothing to show for it. What makes you think things will be different now?

kamaal 6y ago
The same reason why people buy lottery tickets. Though you know you mostly won't win a thing, and actually lose money. Its always fun to dream up a winning scenario and enjoy in your fantasies. That's pretty much it. Everything else damned, people are treating the voting slip as an expensive lottery ticket. Lose economically, socially and suffer on the long run, for small time thrill in a day dream. If "Make in India" succeeds, then If "I get a high paying job", then If "Save enough".... If then , If then, If then.... Soon you are driving high end German cars, and staying in expensive Gated communities.
hiyer 6y ago
Why do you say there is nothing to show for it? To take one example - mobile phones - India is now the second largest manufacturer of mobile phones in the world [0]. Samsung recently started the largest mobile phone manufacturing unit in the world in Noida. There are now over 200 mobile manufacturing units in India, compared to just 3 in 2014 when "Make in India" was launched. A few auto manufacturers - Kia, SAIC and Citroen as I recall - have also set up new plants in India since 2014, although in this sector India was quite adept before 2014 also. 0. https://www.timesnownews.com/technology-science/article/india-emerges-as-the-second-largest-mobile-phone-manufacturer-in-the-world-ravi-shankar-prasad/600184 https://www.timesnownews.com/technology-science/article/indi...
- baybal2 6y ago
  > There are now over 200 mobile manufacturing units in India That's a bit of a stretch. The prime majority of them just assemble from knockdown kits to circumvent India's tarrifs, and bureaucratic phone registration scheme. Though I see more of them going for a more complete assembly in a few years time.
  - 6y ago