India Blinded by the Covert War with Pakistan
10/4/20222 min read
Knowing that both India and Pakistan are so-called “enemies”, they are in a “covert war”. This is a silent war where both nations are preparing to attack each other when war signs arise. this is a silent war because both these countries are spending billions of dollars on military resources such as the building of tanks, weapons, etc each year.
Taking a look at India, it spends 76.6 billion dollars every year on building its military force which is about 5% of India’s GDP. however, it only spends 12 billion dollars on education every year and about 11.28 billion dollars on health care. Both education and healthcare when combined makes up to 23.28 dollars which is nothing when compared to the amount which is spent on military advancements.
On the other hand, Pakistan is in the same situation where more money is spent on “buying” military resources from other nations. Pakistan buys most, almost all of its military equipment because its economy is almost bankrupt, many call this nation a “failed economy”. Just like this, even less money is spent on education and healthcare by Pakistan.
Focusing on India’s economy and how resources, and in this case money the resource, we will look at the allocative efficiency and where should India use/ spend more money.
India being one of the biggest populated countries in the world, it's hard for it to grow economically. As the population rises, there is more demand for housing, education, and healthcare. And because India’s expenditure on these sectors is very less, there is a rise in unemployment, and mortality rate all due to lack of healthcare services and many females not being aware of basic household work, and lack of family planning. Less spenditure on education and healthcare in India, mostly in rural areas, is leading to slow development.
Through this case study, we see that India has already gained a lot of military power over the past 20 years after spending billions of dollars on manufacturing and production every year. And now, it should focus more on increasing the spenditure on education and healthcare while taking human development such as standard of living, income, literacy rates, and health into account.
Although, now as India’s GDP increases and its economy develops faster, it can spend sufficient money on both factors such that military growth is stable and slow as compared to Pakistan. As the situation of Pakistan is much worse, and it is poorer, also being dependent on other nations to provide it with military resources, India should consider allocating its resources (money in this case) to education and healthcare. Now we can see that through the economic development rates as GDP increases and more money can be/ is being allocated to important factors which are helping India develop.
