India@70: Are we really ahead of China & Pakistan? Find out
In 56 years, Indian income up 21 times, but progress slower than China, Malaysia Latest Current Affairs : In the 70 years since independence, India has made most progress in improving life expectancy, literacy, but has been slower in improving the level of income, and reducing infant mortality rates when compared to five other nations. On the eve of Independence Day 2017 , we compared the progress India has made in improving income, health, education, and in preserving its forests, to five countries–China, Pakistan, Malaysia, South Korea and Brazil. Why we chose these countries We chose China because it had roughly the same per capita income in 1960 as India did. Our analysis showed that even though China and India are constantly compared, until now, China has outperformed India across most wealth and health indicators. We looked at South Korea to get a sense of how India performed compared to a country that has gone from being a developing...
