Prized investment status? What a load of BS from fake news western media and idiot western analysts and economists who never managed any money or a real business. India is an investment/business black hole, from fake business registrations to a dodgy tax system, to over-the-top corruption.... ask Vodafone, and tip of the iceberg.
Not to mention 30% of their population are illiterate and even more are Dalits or "untouchables" destined to be nothing more than cleaners and workers in the human sewage system.
Even without Covid smashing them, it would be impossible for them to compete with China. With Covid, they are effectively a 4th world nation, behind most of Africa.
But as mentioned, they're an "asset" as they're a slave to the west.
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