I think there are 2 reasons for people here despising the aid:
1) As the economy is growing so aid is not much and is not needed because it is really peanuts compared to the overall spending.And some British MP’s made a lot of fuss about india rejecting British Eurofighter over French Rafale thus giving the impression that aid was indeed a bribe.
2) Emotional factor: Indian’s really don’t like the idea of their foreigner colonial masters giving aid to a nation which is now independent.There is still a lot of disgust for the East India Company.
The aid may well be a bribe or semi-bribe. Still it is money. Even if it is not much in comparison to overall spending, I am sure there are tens of millions of poor Indians who would not say no to it.
for example
http://the-diplomat.com/indian-decade/2012/02/14/does-india-need-u-k-aid/
or look it up on google news
I think there are 2 reasons for people here despising the aid:
1) As the economy is growing so aid is not much and is not needed because it is really peanuts compared to the overall spending.And some British MP’s made a lot of fuss about india rejecting British Eurofighter over French Rafale thus giving the impression that aid was indeed a bribe.
2) Emotional factor: Indian’s really don’t like the idea of their foreigner colonial masters giving aid to a nation which is now independent.There is still a lot of disgust for the East India Company.
The aid may well be a bribe or semi-bribe. Still it is money. Even if it is not much in comparison to overall spending, I am sure there are tens of millions of poor Indians who would not say no to it.
well yeah true
but you know india…most of it is left in corruption anyways