Ouch. To be fair, India did industrialize. Hell India even industrialized earlier than China when it inherited industries from the British Raj. But he has a point. India had not progressed much with its initial industrialization since independence. When China suffered extreme pollution like this years back, at least it was already the world's factory. India is suffering pollution like this, yet it's exports of finished goods are not even competitive vs Bangladesh, SEA, Latin America, or even the Eastern EU nations. The reasons for this are many: outdated production methods, inefficient processes, lack of seriousness in environmental protection, lack of concern by industry players to do things cleaner, and just overall poor governance.
China had partially cleaned up while still managing to maintain its status as the factory of the world. Though there is still much work to be done, China is on course to properly cleanup its environment. India is still a million miles away from reaching any semblance of world factory status and is already choking in smog. If India somehow manages to ramp up more industrial production capacity, who knows how bad the pollution is gonna get. That demographic dividend is gonna demand even more healthcare as their environment becomes even more inhospitable.
China had partially cleaned up while still managing to maintain its status as the factory of the world. Though there is still much work to be done, China is on course to properly cleanup its environment. India is still a million miles away from reaching any semblance of world factory status and is already choking in smog. If India somehow manages to ramp up more industrial production capacity, who knows how bad the pollution is gonna get. That demographic dividend is gonna demand even more healthcare as their environment becomes even more inhospitable.
