去年最受热议的新闻之一，就是印度成为全球第四大经济体。但这对普通印度人来说，到底意味着什么？
正文翻译
One of the most talked-about headlines last year was that India is the world’s fourth-largest economy. But what does that really mean for ordinary Indians?
去年最受热议的新闻之一，就是印度成为全球第四大经济体。但这对普通印度人来说，到底意味着什么？
One of the most talked-about headlines last year was that India is the world’s fourth-largest economy. But what does that really mean for ordinary Indians?
去年最受热议的新闻之一，就是印度成为全球第四大经济体。但这对普通印度人来说，到底意味着什么？
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@Call me Davi
Does it mean most Indians are getting richer? Does it mean their standard of living is steadily improving? The data says: not really. Nearly 40% of India’s total wealth is held by just the top 1% of the population (World Inequality Report). Meanwhile, the bottom 50% of Indians together own only about 3% of the nation’s wealth. This level of concentration makes GDP per capita a misleading indicator. Because averages hide extremes. In fact, if you remove just the top 1% of earners, the per capita figure drops sharply. And if you remove the top 5%, who control nearly 62% of national wealth, the average income falls to around $1,100 a year. That is less than ₹1 lakh for an entire year. And that is where the majority of Indians actually live. This is also why the government has to provide free food rations to nearly 80 crore people. Such extreme inequality, combined with a very large population, should alarm us. But it rarely does.
这意味着大多数印度人都在变富吗？意味着他们的生活水平在稳步提升吗？数据给出的答案是：并非如此。根据《世界不平等报告》，印度将近 40% 的财富集中在仅仅 1% 的人口手中。与此同时，占人口一半的底层民众，总共只拥有全国约 3% 的财富。这种极端的财富集中度，让人均 GDP 变成了一个极具误导性的指标。因为平均值会掩盖极端差距。事实上，只要剔除收入最高的 1% 人群，人均数据就会大幅跳水。如果再剔除控制着全国近 62% 财富的前 5% 人群，人均年收入会直接降到约 1100 美元，一年下来还不到 10 万卢比。而这，才是大多数印度人真实的收入水平。这也是为什么印度政府需要为将近 8 亿人提供免费粮食配给。如此严重的贫富差距，再加上庞大的人口基数，本应让我们高度警惕，但现实中却很少有人真正在意。
@Acharya Prashant
Acharya Prashant has often pointed out that this is not just an economic problem, it is a psychological one. When individuals lack clarity about who they are and what truly matters, accumulation becomes the default goal. Money is chased not out of need, but to fill an inner vacuum. As a result, wealth keeps piling up at the top, resources are misallocated, and value gets confused with price. Such a person suffers. Such an economy suffers. At the root of this suffering lies the absence of a spiritual foundation.
阿查里亚普拉尚特经常指出，这不仅仅是一个经济问题，更是一个心理问题。当一个人不清楚自己是谁、什么才是真正重要的东西时，拼命积累财富就成了默认的人生目标。人们追逐金钱，不是出于生存必需，而是为了填补内心的空虚。结果就是，财富不断向顶层集中，社会资源被错配浪费，人们把价值和价格混为一谈。这样的个体是痛苦的，这样的经济也是病态的。而这种痛苦的根源，在于整个社会缺乏精神层面的根基。
@Adlenmo
Japan and Bihar has same population. Bihar 130 million. Japan 128 million.
日本和比哈尔邦的人口差不多。比哈尔邦 1.3 亿，日本 1.28 亿。
@Call me Davi
But bihar is on next level
但比哈尔邦的情况完全是另一个级别。
@Jumoni
But lets not forget, the region currently known as Bihar was one of the richest place on the planet for such a long period of time in human history. Yes, currently it is not, but time changes. So, lets not demean the state. Bihar has to do lot to bring back its past glory.
但我们别忘了，如今被称为比哈尔邦的这片土地，在人类历史上曾长期是全球最富庶的地区之一。没错，现在它确实没落了，但时代是会变的。所以我们不要贬低这个邦。比哈尔邦需要付出很多努力，才能重拾昔日的辉煌。
@Ashish Pandit
The people are amazing. Take any competitive exam and you'll find them among the cream. I think Bihar as a state needs to become worthy of its people because currently it's best are moving out.
这里的人非常优秀。任何一场竞争性考试，你都能看到比哈尔人跻身顶尖。我觉得比哈尔邦这个邦，配不上它的人民 —— 因为现在这里最优秀的人都在往外走。
@Epstein Lance
On per capita basis Kerala is far ahead of Bihar in producing UPSC officers.
按人均算，喀拉拉邦培养的联邦公务员数量，远远领先比哈尔邦。
@Ashish Pandit
Well I think if you factor in the kerala’s near universal literacy, far better educational infrastructure/institutions and compare it with Bihar’s low enrollment, far lower literacy rate etc you’ll realise a per capita comparison isn't fair. What I meant is that despite being failed by their state, they still manage to shine. Not putting down kerala, great respect for what they have achieved- by the way I’m not from Bihar and my respect for people from that state is from my time attempting the Civil Services from way back
你要考虑到喀拉拉邦几乎全民识字，教育设施和院校都好得多，而比哈尔邦入学率低、识字率也低得多，这样一比人均就不公平了。我想说的是，即便家乡邦没有给他们提供支持，他们依然能脱颖而出。我不是在贬低喀拉拉邦，我非常尊重他们取得的成就 —— 顺便说一句，我不是比哈尔人，我当年考公务员的时候，就对这个邦的人充满敬意。
@C.G Nair
True. Biharians are industrious and go out of the state to fulfil their dreams, against all odds. If Keralites thrive it is out of the infrastructure successive governments have been building up; not a commendable feat compared with that of the much- handicapped Biharians.
没错。比哈尔人非常勤劳，他们背井离乡，冲破重重阻碍去追逐梦想。喀拉拉人能发展得好，靠的是一届又一届政府打下的基础设施；和条件极度匮乏的比哈尔人比起来，这并不算什么了不起的成就。
@Ashish Pandit
Kerala is a model state for the rest of India to emulate when it's comes to any parameter of the World Banks’ Human Development Index. Unfortunately many northern states have legacy issues of bottlenecks/corruption aggravated by misgovernance which need to be resolved.
在世界银行人类发展指数的各项指标上，喀拉拉邦都是全印度其他邦的榜样。遗憾的是，北方很多邦长期存在发展瓶颈、腐败问题，再加上治理不善，这些都亟待解决。
@Epstein Lance
Can you please provide the statistics for that “golden time period” in which Bihar region was supposedly a rich and prosperous region?
你能拿出数据，证明比哈尔地区历史上那段所谓 “黄金时期” 真的很富庶繁荣吗？
@Ravi Natesh
I think Bihar was rich when farming & mining was the only way to earn money. Rich people exploited poor people to work in farms in the name of caste. Bihar became poor because still rich people didn’t want poor people such as Dalits to get basic rights.
在农耕和采矿是唯一收入来源的年代，比哈尔确实很富。富人以种姓为名义，剥削穷人在田里干活。比哈尔后来变穷，就是因为富人直到现在都不想让达利特等底层民众获得基本权利。
@Jumoni
I’m sure you would have heard or read about Magadh Empire and the Maurya Empire and the Pala Empire and offcourse about the significance this land in cultural and educational contribution. Buddhism and Jainism took birth here. Bihar was home of the world’s first and the greatest known university of the past.
我相信你肯定听说过或读到过摩揭陀帝国、孔雀帝国、波罗王朝，也肯定知道这片土地在文化和教育上的重要地位。佛教和耆那教都诞生在这里。比哈尔还曾拥有世界上最早、也是古代最伟大的大学。
@John D'Souza
Japan has adopted a Bihari emperor’s religion.
日本现在信仰的宗教，就是当年一位比哈尔帝王所传播的。
@Jay
Japan do not have the similar purchasing power, the 4 trillion dollar means nothing for Japan, But 4 trillion dollars with 15 trillion dollars purchasing power is a big deal. The market is of Bharath is growing every day, whereas japanis market has stagnated. Just speaking with layman's intellect your logic can be eye opening but that is not the whole picture.
日本没有这么强的购买力，4 万亿美元对日本来说没什么意义。但印度 4 万亿美元 GDP 对应的是 15 万亿美元的购买力，这就完全不同了。印度市场每天都在增长，而日本市场已经停滞不前。用普通人的视角看，你的逻辑好像很有道理，但这并不是全貌。
@Adlenmo
A 5-year-old keeps growing, a 30-year-old… not so much. Shocking logic, I know.
一个 5 岁的孩子还在长身体，一个 30 岁的成年人…… 基本不长了。这逻辑很惊人，我懂。
@Garry
Some questions.. to take this topic ahead. Indian overall tax collection when current govt came in was 10 lac crore. Now end of fy 2025–26 going to cross 40 lac crore. Is there very uneven distribution of wealth ? In some sports like gymnastics where 10 judges give score, the top score and bottom most score are discarded and average is given for 8 scores.. similarly can we deduct top 5% income and bottom 5% income and check statistics. The bottom 5% should be specially targetted by govt in their schemes. I am seeing more and more Indians travelling abroad for tourism say in Vietnam, Europe, japan and even kenya and South America. Will that means that money is being distributed in middle class. We can see that primary and secodnary schooling is still not improving at all states. We are getting more AIIMS, IIT,, NIT, IIM but it is primary and secondary schooling and also skill based schools like ITI which need thousand times more improvement. The railway infra is sluggish. We are not seeing any news about better irrigation and agriculture automization. Can someone - you or other readers can share some more statistics.. As you said improper distribution of wealth and resources will create big problem for us on future..today we are seeing Iran - land of intelligent people in a big quandary
我有几个问题，想把话题深入下去。现政府上台时，印度全国税收总额是 10 万亿卢比，到 2025–26 财年末，将突破 40 万亿卢比。财富分配真的极度不均吗？体操等项目打分时，会去掉一个最高分、一个最低分，再算平均分。我们能不能也去掉收入最高 5% 和最低 5%，再看数据？最底层的 5%，本应是政府政策重点帮扶的对象。我看到越来越多印度人出国旅游，去越南、欧洲、日本，甚至肯尼亚、南美。这难道不说明财富正在向中产阶级扩散吗？我们也能看到，各邦的中小学教育完全没起色。我们建了更多全印医学院、印度理工、国家理工、印度管理学院，但真正需要大幅改善的，是中小学教育和工业培训学院这类职业技能学校。铁路基础设施建设迟缓。也没看到什么改善灌溉和农业自动化的消息。有没有人 —— 你或者其他读者 —— 能分享更多数据？就像你说的，财富和资源分配不当，未来会给我们带来大麻烦。看看现在的伊朗，那里的人很聪明，却陷入巨大困境。
@Call me Davi
The main problem is authentic and relevant data. Thus the reason we can never know if the figures are true. We even suck at collecting data….
核心问题是缺乏真实可靠的相关数据。所以我们永远没法知道这些数字是不是真的。我们连数据收集都做得一塌糊涂。
@C.G Nair
Mostly it is all deliberate hype created with political motive to hoodwink the people. Last ten years we have been hearing that India is going to be the fourth largest economy just to pop up the impression that the country is fast developing. But even then the Govt. says that it is feeding 80 crores out of a burgeoning population of 142 crores, because of its concern for poverty. How do the two claims match , as one has to be a blatant lie. These fellows think that the people at large are gullible enough and they can continue in power by fooling us.
这基本都是带有政治目的的刻意炒作，就是为了忽悠民众。过去十年，我们一直听人说印度要成为第四大经济体，就是为了营造国家高速发展的假象。可与此同时，政府又说，在 14.2 亿总人口中，有 8 亿人需要靠国家救济吃饭，理由是关心贫困问题。这两种说法怎么可能同时成立？其中必有一个是赤裸裸的谎言。这些人觉得老百姓好糊弄，以为靠欺骗就能一直掌权。
@ManMan
Doesn't change the fact that India is indeed progressing……given its population and resources, its over-performing…… I don't know why you mentioned the ‘last ten years’ comment here….Indians aren't in now way delusional and definitely not fools…..Why are you bringing politics in here???…..Stay neutral when it comes to performance analysis, atleast in such cases…….If there's progress, one must accept and praise it…..
这改变不了印度确实在发展的事实…… 考虑到人口和资源条件，印度已经表现得远超预期了。我不知道你为什么要提 “过去十年”。印度人一点都不偏执，更不是傻子。你为什么非要把政治扯进来？至少在分析发展成绩时，保持中立吧。有进步，就必须承认、必须肯定。
@Indian Banyan
Iran! Land of intelligent people? Aye?
伊朗！聪明人之国？是吗？
@Sathyaswamy S
Unless India finds some major reserves of some high value resources or innovates really amazing products or services, it will never become a developed country.
除非印度发现大规模高价值矿产资源，或者研发出真正顶尖的产品和服务，否则永远成不了发达国家。
@U Subramanian
Still only that 1% will only control the high value resources. Innovation Yes. Still only that 1 % will invest in the startups too and ultimately take control of the start up.
就算发现了，也还是那 1% 的人控制高价值资源。创新也是一样，就算有创新，也还是那 1% 的人去投资初创公司，最终掌控一切。
@VEE KAY
Try just to collect data of your area and analyse it .
你可以试着收集一下你所在地区的数据，自己分析看看。
@Epstein Lance
India will never become a developed country because Indian DNA is not conducive to becoming a developed country. And that is regardless of any huge oil and gas reserve found.
印度永远成不了发达国家，因为印度人的基因就不适合成为发达国家。就算发现再多油气资源也没用。
@Hrk
HMM interesting
嗯，有点意思。
@Day Dreamer
Waiting to be found so that it will be given to Ambani or Adani.. So they can become more rich
就等着被发现吧，发现了也会落到安巴尼、阿达尼手里，让他们更有钱。
@Karai Premnath
A Statistics Joke and it is rather a “mean” one at that. The average depth of the Ganges River, which can be 4 miles wide, bank to bank, at certain points is only about 4 feet. INFERENCE: Therefore, a 5ft 6 in tall man can safely wade/walk across the Ganges River from bank to bank.
讲个关于统计的笑话，还挺 “扎心” 的。恒河有些河段宽达 4 英里，平均水深只有 4 英尺。于是有人得出结论：一个身高 5 英尺 6 英寸的人，可以安全地从河这头走到河那头。
@C.G Nair
That is why it is said that 53.26 % of all statistical data is wrong.
所以大家都说，53.26% 的统计数据都是错的。
@Maddy
Giving away freebies makes a nation poor. It diverts funds from where they are needed. People need opportunities for growth, better education, healthcare, infrastructure. Doling out money for votes is not the way.
滥发福利只会让国家变穷。这会把资金从真正需要的地方抽走。民众需要的是发展机会、更好的教育、医疗和基础设施。为了选票撒钱，绝不是正确的路。
@Maneesh M
GDP and per capita… at least both are increasing… was it better in old rule … no, not at all … no doubt a long way to go but if we have started our journey, we will surely reach the destination… why not be a bit cheerful. If facts you want to check, here is another one Per Capita in 2014–15 was Rs.87,748. Per Capita in 2025 is Rs.2,85,000. A jump of 325% in 10 years. If this doesn't make you smile … nothing will
GDP 和人均收入…… 至少都在增长。以前的执政时期更好吗？完全没有。毫无疑问，我们还有很长的路要走，但只要已经上路，就一定能到达终点。为什么不能乐观一点？你要数据是吧，我给你一个：2014–15 年人均收入 87748 卢比，2025 年是 285000 卢比，十年涨幅 325%。这都不能让你开心，那没什么可以了。
@Santhosh
Well said. This author won’t smile. May be these numbers doesn’t enthuse him. Income inequality exists everywhere and in India the gap is closing inch by inch. Soln: Just raid all politicians & corporators. Give thumping majority to PM Modi.
说得好。这作者就是开心不起来，可能这些数字打动不了他。收入不平等哪里都有，在印度，差距正在一点点缩小。解决办法很简单：严查所有政客和市政官员，给莫迪总理绝对多数的支持。
@C.G Nair
So that we will continue to be fed on falsehood.
好让我们继续活在谎言里。
@Vijay Tiwari
What was it in 2004–05?
2004–05 年的数据是多少？
@Maneesh M
Per Capita in 2004 Rs.23,222 per Annum. Per Capita in 1994 Rs.8,902 per Annum. Per Capita in 1984 Rs.1,811 per Annum.
2004 年人均年收入 23222 卢比，1994 年 8902 卢比，1984 年 1811 卢比。
@C.G Nair
In a country with high such a high population growth and no census taken after 2011 how can you assess the per capita income correctly ? Does it not prove all the government spastics blatantly wrong and basically manipulated ? Remember a few years ago the top bureaucrats at the Statistics department all resigned together in protest against giving out false and baseless statistical data to hoodwink the public. It makes us laugh loud and not smile.
一个人口高速增长、2011 年之后就没再做过人口普查的国家，你怎么可能准确计算人均收入？这难道不证明，政府公布的所有数据都是错的、是刻意操纵的吗？还记得几年前，统计局高层官员集体辞职，抗议为了忽悠公众编造虚假数据吗？这只会让我们大笑，而不是微笑。
@Amitabh Joshi
This is just optics to win the next elections. India is far from being s superpower!
这只是为了赢得下届大选的表面文章。印度离超级大国还远得很。
@Sanju Panicker
Imagin with me, India - for 500000 people there is 500 mangoes, then how much mango each person will get? Ans: Each person will get 0.001 mango. Japan - For 500 people there is 5000 mangoes then how much each person will get? Ans: Each person will get 10 mangoes. So you can imagine 0.001 is almost equivalent to nill. That is why India is called Dead Economy. Reaching 4 trillion or more does not make any sense.
跟我一起想象一下：印度，50 万人分 500 个芒果，每人能分到多少？答案：0.001 个。日本，500 人分 5000 个芒果，每人多少？答案：10 个。你想想，0.001 基本等于零。这就是为什么有人说印度经济是 “死经济”。GDP 冲到 4 万亿甚至更高，毫无意义。
@Call me Davi
Brother, please explain this to those fools arguing below.
兄弟，你去跟下面那些抬杠的傻子讲讲这个道理吧。
@Vijay Kant
Many countries experience rising inequality during early development because: Urbanisation and industrialisation reward a small group first. Capital ownership (land, factories, finance) is concentrated early on. Weak institutions allow rent-seeking, corruption, and monopolies. Education and skills lag behind economic change. This pattern is summarised by the Kuznets curve below: inequality rises first, then falls later as societies mature. But this is a tendency, not a law of nature.
很多国家在发展初期，贫富差距都会扩大，原因如下：城市化和工业化最先让少数人受益；资本（土地、工厂、金融）早期高度集中；制度不完善，导致寻租、腐败、垄断横行；教育和技能提升跟不上经济变化。这一模式可以用库兹涅茨曲线概括：差距先扩大，随着社会成熟再逐步缩小。但这只是一种趋势，不是必然规律。
@Kumar Deva
The GDP per capita income of the world’s poorest region - Sub-Saharan Africa (group of 47 countries) is USD 1532.9 in the year 2024. Our GDP per capita of USD 2694.7 is not something we have to be happy about. Per Capita income for states like Bihar (USD 1004) and Uttar Pradesh (USD 1500) is still below that of African countries. World Bank Open Data
全球最贫困地区撒哈拉以南非洲（47 个国家）2024 年人均 GDP 是 1532.9 美元。我们的 2694.7 美元，真的没什么好骄傲的。比哈尔邦（1004 美元）、北方邦（1500 美元）的人均收入，甚至还低于非洲国家。数据来自世界银行公开数据。
@Indian Banyan
Becoming a large economy means that there is enough money and product to feed those 800 million on the breadline. Previously, they would simply have died and stopped being a problem for you to crib about. Not going hungry seems like a definite improvement in standard of living for 800 million people. You ought to be more specific in what you are worried about. Use time comparatives to write off certain unnecessary worries.
成为大型经济体，意味着我们有足够的钱和物资，养活 8 亿挣扎在温饱线上的人。放在以前，这些人可能早就饿死了，也就不会成为你抱怨的问题。对这 8 亿人来说，不再挨饿，绝对是生活水平的提升。你应该把你担心的问题说具体点，用时间对比来排除那些不必要的焦虑。
@Epstein Lance
So how many people were dying of hunger before 2014?
那 2014 年之前，有多少人死于饥饿？
@Ravi Natesh
You need to calculate the inflation bro. 1 sovereign gold was 12000 to 15000 rupees in 2014 and 1 dollar was 60 rupees. Now look at the gold and dollar rate.
兄弟，你得算通胀啊。2014 年，1 索维林黄金 12000 到 15000 卢比，1 美元兑 60 卢比。你看看现在的金价和汇率。
@Indian Banyan
These only affect those things which are imported. India is not an import-dependent country and the higher economic output means that expensive imports can be purchased without much impact on the purse (at a country level). This is why forex reserves are higher than they ever were. Had import-cost inflation been a problem; then those forex reserves wouldn’t have been all that much. Rupee falling against dollar is a problem if people cannot buy imported goods as readily as before, which is not the case.
这些只影响进口商品。印度并不是依赖进口的国家，经济总量更大，就意味着就算进口商品涨价，从国家层面看也负担得起。这就是外汇储备创下历史新高的原因。如果进口成本通胀真的是大问题，外汇储备不会这么高。卢比贬值只有在民众买不起进口商品时才是问题，而现在并不是这种情况。
@Rajiva Kumar
…..’At the root of this suffering lies the absence of a spiritual foundation.’ Please elaborate. Otherwise good write up.
……“这种痛苦的根源是缺乏精神根基”，麻烦详细解释一下。除此之外，写得很好。
@Daku Pili Pili Singh
Why are you ruining people’s happiness! Hearing about the 4 trillion economy, we should smile a little even if hungry. Do you have to tell the facts in everything?
你干嘛非要泼别人冷水？听到 4 万亿经济体，就算饿着肚子也该开心一点。凡事都非要讲大道理吗？
@Call me Davi
Lol
哈哈。
@M.Jaya Ram reddy
This percentage takes place in every nation. When per-capita calculation depends on number of people.
这种比例在每个国家都存在。人均数据本来就受人口数量影响。
@Srini Addanki
Its the Pareto analysis: 20% of Indians control 80% of India's wealth, while 80% control the remaining 20%.
这就是帕累托法则：20% 的印度人控制 80% 的财富，剩下 80% 的人分 20%。
@Raghunath Hampi
Here we must also see that only 4 % pay Income tax but vehicles purchase is on rise living standards have improved a lot in rural places too GST collection which is related with sales in market is creating new record every month can we say that all the vehicles and merchandise is purchased only by so called one percent who are holding more wealth.
我们也要看到，只有 4% 的人交个人所得税，但汽车销量在上涨，农村生活水平也大幅提高。和市场销售挂钩的消费税，每月都在创新高。你能说所有汽车和商品，都是那所谓 1% 的富人买的吗？
@Nirakar Nayak
Due to huge population the per capita income is comparatively lesser than Japan or other stable country but now India is in 4th position due foreign reserves.
因为人口庞大，我们的人均收入比日本等稳定国家低，但凭借外汇储备，印度现在排第四。
@Santhosh
Just Raid all the politicians & corporators. You will find the hidden GDP. Start with P Chidambaram. You will understand why this Japan Vs India comparison becomes absurd.
直接严查所有政客和市政官员，你就能找到隐藏的 GDP。从奇丹巴拉姆查起，你就明白拿印度和日本比有多荒谬。
@VEE KAY
Out of 140 crores, real working class is just 30 crore or so. It is not that 40% wealth is with just 1% bcoz in this capitalist way of development these 1% are employing a large chunk of this work force. But out of that large chunk of work force a few gets rich due to their ability n hard work. see how Manrega is grossly misused by headman n his accomplices. Agriculture is really at back foot inspite of government’s subsidies and support. Farmer is choosing to get a job in nearby city in addition to what produce he gets from farm. Due to rapid urbanisation agriculture land is shrinking. Since seven decades no such huge development took place. In year 2000 many people paid more than 50% of tax. Data collection at ground level is very poor. So the growth in GDP shown is in a way representative to move further in framing policy.
14 亿人口中，真正的劳动人口只有 3 亿左右。并不是 40% 的财富凭空落在 1% 的人手里，而是在这种资本主义发展模式下，这 1% 的人雇佣了大量劳动力。而在这些劳动力中，少数人凭借能力和努力实现了致富。看看农村就业保障计划，被村长和同伙滥用成什么样。尽管有政府补贴和支持，农业依然非常落后。农民现在都选择在种地之余，去附近城市打份工。快速城市化导致耕地不断减少。过去七十年，农业根本没有大发展。2000 年，很多人要交超过 50% 的税。基层数据收集非常糟糕。所以公布的 GDP 增长，在某种程度上只是为制定政策提供参考。
@Keshav Itagi
You fools… tell me what the situation was before 2014.. the population was the same… what about the GDP??? Just tell us what the GDP was back then….
你们这些傻子…… 怎么不说 2014 年之前是什么样子？人口差不多，那时候 GDP 呢？倒是说说那时候 GDP 多少啊？
@Proudly US Citizen
It seems you lack a basic knowledge - a country’s GDP reflects its economic power hence power, influence in the world.. It means a lot to the citizen.
你似乎缺乏基本常识 —— 一个国家的 GDP，反映的是它的经济实力，进而反映它在世界上的地位和影响力。这对公民来说非常重要。
@Indranil Datta
Only when it's per capita income
那也得看人均收入才行。
@Ravi Anantha
Either way it is still an accomplishment for India given its challenges.
不管怎么说，考虑到印度面临的种种挑战，这依然是一项成就。
@Shreya Jha
Japan has less population
日本人口少得多。
@Ramakanth Govindarajula
POLITICIANS ARE BECOMING BILLIONAIRES.
政客们都在变成亿万富翁。
@Girish Kumar
4th largest economy doesn't mean 4th richest country. It's really funny to see social media economist posting and commenting
第四大经济体，不代表第四富裕国家。看这些社交媒体经济学家发帖评论，真的很搞笑。
@Addict To Life
Wrong image though ,ordinary Indians are not even on the boat …..
配图都不对，普通印度人连船都没上去……
@SG Hey
People are just stupid, india will grow more in the future and its just kickstart for Indian economy at 4T and japanese economy are falling down every year.
人们就是蠢，印度未来会增长更多，4 万亿只是印度经济的起点，而日本经济每年都在衰退。
@Vijay Anand J
India is self sufficient, we saw during covid. Take that into account as well. 10–15% earning for 100% population, should that be considered, what if 50–60% contribute ?,
印度是自给自足的，疫情期间我们就看出来了。这一点也要算进去。现在是 10–15% 的人挣钱养活 100% 人口，如果未来 50–60% 的人都能创造价值呢？这就是巨大的增长潜力。印度正在朝这个方向走。
@Manu B
All these bleeding heart arguments are good for presenting a pov that many disgruntled people like to present. Fact is there has been a rapid change in the way Indians are living , from having no toilets for hundreds of millions to that becoming a fact of daily life . From no access to formal banking , loans etc to being available even to beggars , the trajectory has been dramatic . Keyboard commie warriors who enjoy their five stars elite life style keep harping how poor are left behind blah blah. The fact is people like this want the poor to remain poor just the commies do. Rich will get richer , but the poor have way more opportunities now in India , from becoming a delivery driver to a content creator even without any education people have made a decent life . Many have an issue with salaries of delivery drivers ,they compare their life styles and start pitying the drivers etc . The drivers would have been worse off working in some remote village many a time and not even being paid a wage on time by some local thug. Indian economy has just started it actually journey to some extent free from this commie mind set, then comes these , India does not have this that and all that crap. Listening to these people will ensure that India will be a dump and Indians will always live a poor and uncertain life .
所有这些悲天悯人的论调，都只是那些心怀不满的人喜欢的说辞。事实是，印度人的生活发生了翻天覆地的变化：从数亿人没有厕所，到厕所普及；从无法获得正规银行服务和贷款，到连乞丐都能用上。变化是巨大的。那些过着五星精英生活的键盘左派战士，天天念叨穷人被抛弃。事实是，这类人就像左派一样，巴不得穷人一直穷。富人会更富，但现在印度穷人的机会比以前多太多了：就算没受过教育，也能当外卖骑手、做内容创作者，过上体面生活。很多人看不上外卖员的工资，拿自己的生活去对比，然后同情骑手。可如果留在偏远农村，他们的处境会更糟，经常被当地恶霸拖欠工资。印度经济才刚刚开始摆脱这种左派思维，就冒出这些人说印度这不行那不行。听这些人的话，印度只会变成垃圾堆，印度人永远过着贫穷不安的生活。
@Manu B
About Free food rations- go on the ground and see ! Many now avail of it and benefit but they are not solely dependent on it , many dont even want it any more as they have started making choices as their income slowly has gone up . This one lakh only statement is a typical commie style statement, many parts of India this is enough for them to live and people are getting more avenues not sure what people like this want , they would love to see India not even trying , being a vassal state run by some foreigner air dropped via some place . Thankfully the government of the day do not give value to such people’s thought. Commies are the worst of the homo sapien , they have relationship with like minded ones like terrorist and
说到免费粮食配给，你去基层看看！很多人确实在领、确实受益，但并不完全依赖它。很多人收入慢慢提高后，甚至都不想要了。那种 “年收入不到 10 万卢比” 的说法，是典型的左派话术。在印度很多地方，这笔钱足够生活，而且人们的收入渠道越来越多。我真搞不懂这些人想干什么，他们巴不得印度干脆放弃发展，当个由外国人空降来统治的附庸国。幸好现政府不会理会这些人的想法。左派是人类里最糟糕的一群人，他们和恐怖分子之类的货色臭味相投。
@Kalyan Ananthanarayanan
Nonsense. All you termites come out when there is some positive development in India. India already had a population of 120 crores when it became a trillion dollar economy (2007). Now with 20% increase in population (143 Crores), our GDP has increased by 330% (4.3 trillion USD). (Which means today an average indian is earning almost 4 times what he earned in 2007, in DOLLAR terms) Japan’s population was 12.5 crores in 2007 and its GDP was 4.4 trillion USD. Now, in 2025, Japan’s population is still 12.5 crores and its GDP is still 4.3 trillion USD. (Which means that an average Japanese is still earning the same what he was earning in 2007, in Dollar terms). Even though an average Japanese is still earning 10 times as much as an average indian (nominal per capita GDP), his purchasing power in Japan is ONLY 2.5 TIMES that of what an Indian can purchase in India. Let that sink in. The reality is that India has performed very well in general and Extremely well in comparison to Japan. Swallow your shit and go back to hide in the woodwork again you termites!
胡说八道。印度一有正面发展，你们这些蛀虫就全跳出来了。2007 年印度成为万亿美元经济体时，人口就已经 12 亿。现在人口增长 20%，达到 14.3 亿，GDP 增长 330%，达到 4.3 万亿美元。这意味着，按美元计算，现在普通印度人的收入几乎是 2007 年的 4 倍。2007 年日本人口 1.25 亿，GDP4.4 万亿美元。2025 年，日本人口还是 1.25 亿，GDP 还是 4.3 万亿美元。这意味着，按美元算，普通日本人的收入和 2007 年一模一样。即便日本人均名义收入仍是印度的 10 倍，但在本国的购买力只有印度的 2.5 倍。好好想想吧。事实就是，印度整体表现非常好，和日本比更是极其出色。都给我闭嘴，滚回去躲起来，你们这些蛀虫！
@Indranil Datta
More people less opportunities, even lesser with better opportunist people not by luck or sheer hard work and intelligence but by dedicated corridor created by money family ties and power game, india will never be a level playing field like the west or even like China. we thrive on other's incompetency and failure. Very less moral value due to huge degenerate population who is just willing to live by each day somehow and not managing or thinking as to improve the whole journey. Rich don't care for the poor, poor hates rich like anything but have no means to challange or don't even try to start improving the baseline of their life. On a global map we are just a bunch of top level company workers or middle men for the whites and elites to run the show on their behalf. In last 50 years we had chances but we failed miserably and untill the entire world is reshaped we will be at mercy of the richest and politicians and foreign powers. We are to blame for this and not outsiders. Remember Indians sold india to brits when we could have showed out steel. We are a bunch of cowards with slave mind and wannabe opportunists who only think about safeguarding the miniscule fortune while giving away the biggest chunk cos we don't have a fucking clue.
人越多，机会越少，而能抓住好机会的，往往不是靠运气、努力或聪明，而是靠金钱、家族关系和权力运作搭建的专属通道。印度永远不可能像西方甚至中国那样，拥有公平的竞争环境。我们的发展，是建立在别人无能和失败的基础上。庞大的底层人口只求苟活，没有道德底线，也不想着真正改善生活。富人不在乎穷人，穷人恨死富人，却没有能力挑战，甚至连改善基本生活的尝试都没有。在全球格局里，我们只是顶级公司的打工人，或是白人和精英的代理人，帮他们打理生意。过去 50 年我们不是没有机会，但都惨败收场。除非世界格局彻底重塑，否则我们只能任由富豪、政客和外国势力摆布。要怪只能怪我们自己，不能怪别人。别忘了，当年我们本可以奋起反抗，却还是有人把印度卖给了英国人。我们就是一群有着奴隶心态的懦夫、投机者，只想着保住自己那点微不足道的财产，却把最大的利益拱手让人，因为我们根本毫无方向。
Does it mean most Indians are getting richer? Does it mean their standard of living is steadily improving? The data says: not really. Nearly 40% of India’s total wealth is held by just the top 1% of the population (World Inequality Report). Meanwhile, the bottom 50% of Indians together own only about 3% of the nation’s wealth. This level of concentration makes GDP per capita a misleading indicator. Because averages hide extremes. In fact, if you remove just the top 1% of earners, the per capita figure drops sharply. And if you remove the top 5%, who control nearly 62% of national wealth, the average income falls to around $1,100 a year. That is less than ₹1 lakh for an entire year. And that is where the majority of Indians actually live. This is also why the government has to provide free food rations to nearly 80 crore people. Such extreme inequality, combined with a very large population, should alarm us. But it rarely does.
这意味着大多数印度人都在变富吗？意味着他们的生活水平在稳步提升吗？数据给出的答案是：并非如此。根据《世界不平等报告》，印度将近 40% 的财富集中在仅仅 1% 的人口手中。与此同时，占人口一半的底层民众，总共只拥有全国约 3% 的财富。这种极端的财富集中度，让人均 GDP 变成了一个极具误导性的指标。因为平均值会掩盖极端差距。事实上，只要剔除收入最高的 1% 人群，人均数据就会大幅跳水。如果再剔除控制着全国近 62% 财富的前 5% 人群，人均年收入会直接降到约 1100 美元，一年下来还不到 10 万卢比。而这，才是大多数印度人真实的收入水平。这也是为什么印度政府需要为将近 8 亿人提供免费粮食配给。如此严重的贫富差距，再加上庞大的人口基数，本应让我们高度警惕，但现实中却很少有人真正在意。
@Acharya Prashant
Acharya Prashant has often pointed out that this is not just an economic problem, it is a psychological one. When individuals lack clarity about who they are and what truly matters, accumulation becomes the default goal. Money is chased not out of need, but to fill an inner vacuum. As a result, wealth keeps piling up at the top, resources are misallocated, and value gets confused with price. Such a person suffers. Such an economy suffers. At the root of this suffering lies the absence of a spiritual foundation.
阿查里亚普拉尚特经常指出，这不仅仅是一个经济问题，更是一个心理问题。当一个人不清楚自己是谁、什么才是真正重要的东西时，拼命积累财富就成了默认的人生目标。人们追逐金钱，不是出于生存必需，而是为了填补内心的空虚。结果就是，财富不断向顶层集中，社会资源被错配浪费，人们把价值和价格混为一谈。这样的个体是痛苦的，这样的经济也是病态的。而这种痛苦的根源，在于整个社会缺乏精神层面的根基。
@Adlenmo
Japan and Bihar has same population. Bihar 130 million. Japan 128 million.
日本和比哈尔邦的人口差不多。比哈尔邦 1.3 亿，日本 1.28 亿。
@Call me Davi
But bihar is on next level
但比哈尔邦的情况完全是另一个级别。
@Jumoni
But lets not forget, the region currently known as Bihar was one of the richest place on the planet for such a long period of time in human history. Yes, currently it is not, but time changes. So, lets not demean the state. Bihar has to do lot to bring back its past glory.
但我们别忘了，如今被称为比哈尔邦的这片土地，在人类历史上曾长期是全球最富庶的地区之一。没错，现在它确实没落了，但时代是会变的。所以我们不要贬低这个邦。比哈尔邦需要付出很多努力，才能重拾昔日的辉煌。
@Ashish Pandit
The people are amazing. Take any competitive exam and you'll find them among the cream. I think Bihar as a state needs to become worthy of its people because currently it's best are moving out.
这里的人非常优秀。任何一场竞争性考试，你都能看到比哈尔人跻身顶尖。我觉得比哈尔邦这个邦，配不上它的人民 —— 因为现在这里最优秀的人都在往外走。
@Epstein Lance
On per capita basis Kerala is far ahead of Bihar in producing UPSC officers.
按人均算，喀拉拉邦培养的联邦公务员数量，远远领先比哈尔邦。
@Ashish Pandit
Well I think if you factor in the kerala’s near universal literacy, far better educational infrastructure/institutions and compare it with Bihar’s low enrollment, far lower literacy rate etc you’ll realise a per capita comparison isn't fair. What I meant is that despite being failed by their state, they still manage to shine. Not putting down kerala, great respect for what they have achieved- by the way I’m not from Bihar and my respect for people from that state is from my time attempting the Civil Services from way back
你要考虑到喀拉拉邦几乎全民识字，教育设施和院校都好得多，而比哈尔邦入学率低、识字率也低得多，这样一比人均就不公平了。我想说的是，即便家乡邦没有给他们提供支持，他们依然能脱颖而出。我不是在贬低喀拉拉邦，我非常尊重他们取得的成就 —— 顺便说一句，我不是比哈尔人，我当年考公务员的时候，就对这个邦的人充满敬意。
@C.G Nair
True. Biharians are industrious and go out of the state to fulfil their dreams, against all odds. If Keralites thrive it is out of the infrastructure successive governments have been building up; not a commendable feat compared with that of the much- handicapped Biharians.
没错。比哈尔人非常勤劳，他们背井离乡，冲破重重阻碍去追逐梦想。喀拉拉人能发展得好，靠的是一届又一届政府打下的基础设施；和条件极度匮乏的比哈尔人比起来，这并不算什么了不起的成就。
@Ashish Pandit
Kerala is a model state for the rest of India to emulate when it's comes to any parameter of the World Banks’ Human Development Index. Unfortunately many northern states have legacy issues of bottlenecks/corruption aggravated by misgovernance which need to be resolved.
在世界银行人类发展指数的各项指标上，喀拉拉邦都是全印度其他邦的榜样。遗憾的是，北方很多邦长期存在发展瓶颈、腐败问题，再加上治理不善，这些都亟待解决。
@Epstein Lance
Can you please provide the statistics for that “golden time period” in which Bihar region was supposedly a rich and prosperous region?
你能拿出数据，证明比哈尔地区历史上那段所谓 “黄金时期” 真的很富庶繁荣吗？
@Ravi Natesh
I think Bihar was rich when farming & mining was the only way to earn money. Rich people exploited poor people to work in farms in the name of caste. Bihar became poor because still rich people didn’t want poor people such as Dalits to get basic rights.
在农耕和采矿是唯一收入来源的年代，比哈尔确实很富。富人以种姓为名义，剥削穷人在田里干活。比哈尔后来变穷，就是因为富人直到现在都不想让达利特等底层民众获得基本权利。
@Jumoni
I’m sure you would have heard or read about Magadh Empire and the Maurya Empire and the Pala Empire and offcourse about the significance this land in cultural and educational contribution. Buddhism and Jainism took birth here. Bihar was home of the world’s first and the greatest known university of the past.
我相信你肯定听说过或读到过摩揭陀帝国、孔雀帝国、波罗王朝，也肯定知道这片土地在文化和教育上的重要地位。佛教和耆那教都诞生在这里。比哈尔还曾拥有世界上最早、也是古代最伟大的大学。
@John D'Souza
Japan has adopted a Bihari emperor’s religion.
日本现在信仰的宗教，就是当年一位比哈尔帝王所传播的。
@Jay
Japan do not have the similar purchasing power, the 4 trillion dollar means nothing for Japan, But 4 trillion dollars with 15 trillion dollars purchasing power is a big deal. The market is of Bharath is growing every day, whereas japanis market has stagnated. Just speaking with layman's intellect your logic can be eye opening but that is not the whole picture.
日本没有这么强的购买力，4 万亿美元对日本来说没什么意义。但印度 4 万亿美元 GDP 对应的是 15 万亿美元的购买力，这就完全不同了。印度市场每天都在增长，而日本市场已经停滞不前。用普通人的视角看，你的逻辑好像很有道理，但这并不是全貌。
@Adlenmo
A 5-year-old keeps growing, a 30-year-old… not so much. Shocking logic, I know.
一个 5 岁的孩子还在长身体，一个 30 岁的成年人…… 基本不长了。这逻辑很惊人，我懂。
@Garry
Some questions.. to take this topic ahead. Indian overall tax collection when current govt came in was 10 lac crore. Now end of fy 2025–26 going to cross 40 lac crore. Is there very uneven distribution of wealth ? In some sports like gymnastics where 10 judges give score, the top score and bottom most score are discarded and average is given for 8 scores.. similarly can we deduct top 5% income and bottom 5% income and check statistics. The bottom 5% should be specially targetted by govt in their schemes. I am seeing more and more Indians travelling abroad for tourism say in Vietnam, Europe, japan and even kenya and South America. Will that means that money is being distributed in middle class. We can see that primary and secodnary schooling is still not improving at all states. We are getting more AIIMS, IIT,, NIT, IIM but it is primary and secondary schooling and also skill based schools like ITI which need thousand times more improvement. The railway infra is sluggish. We are not seeing any news about better irrigation and agriculture automization. Can someone - you or other readers can share some more statistics.. As you said improper distribution of wealth and resources will create big problem for us on future..today we are seeing Iran - land of intelligent people in a big quandary
我有几个问题，想把话题深入下去。现政府上台时，印度全国税收总额是 10 万亿卢比，到 2025–26 财年末，将突破 40 万亿卢比。财富分配真的极度不均吗？体操等项目打分时，会去掉一个最高分、一个最低分，再算平均分。我们能不能也去掉收入最高 5% 和最低 5%，再看数据？最底层的 5%，本应是政府政策重点帮扶的对象。我看到越来越多印度人出国旅游，去越南、欧洲、日本，甚至肯尼亚、南美。这难道不说明财富正在向中产阶级扩散吗？我们也能看到，各邦的中小学教育完全没起色。我们建了更多全印医学院、印度理工、国家理工、印度管理学院，但真正需要大幅改善的，是中小学教育和工业培训学院这类职业技能学校。铁路基础设施建设迟缓。也没看到什么改善灌溉和农业自动化的消息。有没有人 —— 你或者其他读者 —— 能分享更多数据？就像你说的，财富和资源分配不当，未来会给我们带来大麻烦。看看现在的伊朗，那里的人很聪明，却陷入巨大困境。
@Call me Davi
The main problem is authentic and relevant data. Thus the reason we can never know if the figures are true. We even suck at collecting data….
核心问题是缺乏真实可靠的相关数据。所以我们永远没法知道这些数字是不是真的。我们连数据收集都做得一塌糊涂。
@C.G Nair
Mostly it is all deliberate hype created with political motive to hoodwink the people. Last ten years we have been hearing that India is going to be the fourth largest economy just to pop up the impression that the country is fast developing. But even then the Govt. says that it is feeding 80 crores out of a burgeoning population of 142 crores, because of its concern for poverty. How do the two claims match , as one has to be a blatant lie. These fellows think that the people at large are gullible enough and they can continue in power by fooling us.
这基本都是带有政治目的的刻意炒作，就是为了忽悠民众。过去十年，我们一直听人说印度要成为第四大经济体，就是为了营造国家高速发展的假象。可与此同时，政府又说，在 14.2 亿总人口中，有 8 亿人需要靠国家救济吃饭，理由是关心贫困问题。这两种说法怎么可能同时成立？其中必有一个是赤裸裸的谎言。这些人觉得老百姓好糊弄，以为靠欺骗就能一直掌权。
@ManMan
Doesn't change the fact that India is indeed progressing……given its population and resources, its over-performing…… I don't know why you mentioned the ‘last ten years’ comment here….Indians aren't in now way delusional and definitely not fools…..Why are you bringing politics in here???…..Stay neutral when it comes to performance analysis, atleast in such cases…….If there's progress, one must accept and praise it…..
这改变不了印度确实在发展的事实…… 考虑到人口和资源条件，印度已经表现得远超预期了。我不知道你为什么要提 “过去十年”。印度人一点都不偏执，更不是傻子。你为什么非要把政治扯进来？至少在分析发展成绩时，保持中立吧。有进步，就必须承认、必须肯定。
@Indian Banyan
Iran! Land of intelligent people? Aye?
伊朗！聪明人之国？是吗？
@Sathyaswamy S
Unless India finds some major reserves of some high value resources or innovates really amazing products or services, it will never become a developed country.
除非印度发现大规模高价值矿产资源，或者研发出真正顶尖的产品和服务，否则永远成不了发达国家。
@U Subramanian
Still only that 1% will only control the high value resources. Innovation Yes. Still only that 1 % will invest in the startups too and ultimately take control of the start up.
就算发现了，也还是那 1% 的人控制高价值资源。创新也是一样，就算有创新，也还是那 1% 的人去投资初创公司，最终掌控一切。
@VEE KAY
Try just to collect data of your area and analyse it .
你可以试着收集一下你所在地区的数据，自己分析看看。
@Epstein Lance
India will never become a developed country because Indian DNA is not conducive to becoming a developed country. And that is regardless of any huge oil and gas reserve found.
印度永远成不了发达国家，因为印度人的基因就不适合成为发达国家。就算发现再多油气资源也没用。
@Hrk
HMM interesting
嗯，有点意思。
@Day Dreamer
Waiting to be found so that it will be given to Ambani or Adani.. So they can become more rich
就等着被发现吧，发现了也会落到安巴尼、阿达尼手里，让他们更有钱。
@Karai Premnath
A Statistics Joke and it is rather a “mean” one at that. The average depth of the Ganges River, which can be 4 miles wide, bank to bank, at certain points is only about 4 feet. INFERENCE: Therefore, a 5ft 6 in tall man can safely wade/walk across the Ganges River from bank to bank.
讲个关于统计的笑话，还挺 “扎心” 的。恒河有些河段宽达 4 英里，平均水深只有 4 英尺。于是有人得出结论：一个身高 5 英尺 6 英寸的人，可以安全地从河这头走到河那头。
@C.G Nair
That is why it is said that 53.26 % of all statistical data is wrong.
所以大家都说，53.26% 的统计数据都是错的。
@Maddy
Giving away freebies makes a nation poor. It diverts funds from where they are needed. People need opportunities for growth, better education, healthcare, infrastructure. Doling out money for votes is not the way.
滥发福利只会让国家变穷。这会把资金从真正需要的地方抽走。民众需要的是发展机会、更好的教育、医疗和基础设施。为了选票撒钱，绝不是正确的路。
@Maneesh M
GDP and per capita… at least both are increasing… was it better in old rule … no, not at all … no doubt a long way to go but if we have started our journey, we will surely reach the destination… why not be a bit cheerful. If facts you want to check, here is another one Per Capita in 2014–15 was Rs.87,748. Per Capita in 2025 is Rs.2,85,000. A jump of 325% in 10 years. If this doesn't make you smile … nothing will
GDP 和人均收入…… 至少都在增长。以前的执政时期更好吗？完全没有。毫无疑问，我们还有很长的路要走，但只要已经上路，就一定能到达终点。为什么不能乐观一点？你要数据是吧，我给你一个：2014–15 年人均收入 87748 卢比，2025 年是 285000 卢比，十年涨幅 325%。这都不能让你开心，那没什么可以了。
@Santhosh
Well said. This author won’t smile. May be these numbers doesn’t enthuse him. Income inequality exists everywhere and in India the gap is closing inch by inch. Soln: Just raid all politicians & corporators. Give thumping majority to PM Modi.
说得好。这作者就是开心不起来，可能这些数字打动不了他。收入不平等哪里都有，在印度，差距正在一点点缩小。解决办法很简单：严查所有政客和市政官员，给莫迪总理绝对多数的支持。
@C.G Nair
So that we will continue to be fed on falsehood.
好让我们继续活在谎言里。
@Vijay Tiwari
What was it in 2004–05?
2004–05 年的数据是多少？
@Maneesh M
Per Capita in 2004 Rs.23,222 per Annum. Per Capita in 1994 Rs.8,902 per Annum. Per Capita in 1984 Rs.1,811 per Annum.
2004 年人均年收入 23222 卢比，1994 年 8902 卢比，1984 年 1811 卢比。
@C.G Nair
In a country with high such a high population growth and no census taken after 2011 how can you assess the per capita income correctly ? Does it not prove all the government spastics blatantly wrong and basically manipulated ? Remember a few years ago the top bureaucrats at the Statistics department all resigned together in protest against giving out false and baseless statistical data to hoodwink the public. It makes us laugh loud and not smile.
一个人口高速增长、2011 年之后就没再做过人口普查的国家，你怎么可能准确计算人均收入？这难道不证明，政府公布的所有数据都是错的、是刻意操纵的吗？还记得几年前，统计局高层官员集体辞职，抗议为了忽悠公众编造虚假数据吗？这只会让我们大笑，而不是微笑。
@Amitabh Joshi
This is just optics to win the next elections. India is far from being s superpower!
这只是为了赢得下届大选的表面文章。印度离超级大国还远得很。
@Sanju Panicker
Imagin with me, India - for 500000 people there is 500 mangoes, then how much mango each person will get? Ans: Each person will get 0.001 mango. Japan - For 500 people there is 5000 mangoes then how much each person will get? Ans: Each person will get 10 mangoes. So you can imagine 0.001 is almost equivalent to nill. That is why India is called Dead Economy. Reaching 4 trillion or more does not make any sense.
跟我一起想象一下：印度，50 万人分 500 个芒果，每人能分到多少？答案：0.001 个。日本，500 人分 5000 个芒果，每人多少？答案：10 个。你想想，0.001 基本等于零。这就是为什么有人说印度经济是 “死经济”。GDP 冲到 4 万亿甚至更高，毫无意义。
@Call me Davi
Brother, please explain this to those fools arguing below.
兄弟，你去跟下面那些抬杠的傻子讲讲这个道理吧。
@Vijay Kant
Many countries experience rising inequality during early development because: Urbanisation and industrialisation reward a small group first. Capital ownership (land, factories, finance) is concentrated early on. Weak institutions allow rent-seeking, corruption, and monopolies. Education and skills lag behind economic change. This pattern is summarised by the Kuznets curve below: inequality rises first, then falls later as societies mature. But this is a tendency, not a law of nature.
很多国家在发展初期，贫富差距都会扩大，原因如下：城市化和工业化最先让少数人受益；资本（土地、工厂、金融）早期高度集中；制度不完善，导致寻租、腐败、垄断横行；教育和技能提升跟不上经济变化。这一模式可以用库兹涅茨曲线概括：差距先扩大，随着社会成熟再逐步缩小。但这只是一种趋势，不是必然规律。
@Kumar Deva
The GDP per capita income of the world’s poorest region - Sub-Saharan Africa (group of 47 countries) is USD 1532.9 in the year 2024. Our GDP per capita of USD 2694.7 is not something we have to be happy about. Per Capita income for states like Bihar (USD 1004) and Uttar Pradesh (USD 1500) is still below that of African countries. World Bank Open Data
全球最贫困地区撒哈拉以南非洲（47 个国家）2024 年人均 GDP 是 1532.9 美元。我们的 2694.7 美元，真的没什么好骄傲的。比哈尔邦（1004 美元）、北方邦（1500 美元）的人均收入，甚至还低于非洲国家。数据来自世界银行公开数据。
@Indian Banyan
Becoming a large economy means that there is enough money and product to feed those 800 million on the breadline. Previously, they would simply have died and stopped being a problem for you to crib about. Not going hungry seems like a definite improvement in standard of living for 800 million people. You ought to be more specific in what you are worried about. Use time comparatives to write off certain unnecessary worries.
成为大型经济体，意味着我们有足够的钱和物资，养活 8 亿挣扎在温饱线上的人。放在以前，这些人可能早就饿死了，也就不会成为你抱怨的问题。对这 8 亿人来说，不再挨饿，绝对是生活水平的提升。你应该把你担心的问题说具体点，用时间对比来排除那些不必要的焦虑。
@Epstein Lance
So how many people were dying of hunger before 2014?
那 2014 年之前，有多少人死于饥饿？
@Ravi Natesh
You need to calculate the inflation bro. 1 sovereign gold was 12000 to 15000 rupees in 2014 and 1 dollar was 60 rupees. Now look at the gold and dollar rate.
兄弟，你得算通胀啊。2014 年，1 索维林黄金 12000 到 15000 卢比，1 美元兑 60 卢比。你看看现在的金价和汇率。
@Indian Banyan
These only affect those things which are imported. India is not an import-dependent country and the higher economic output means that expensive imports can be purchased without much impact on the purse (at a country level). This is why forex reserves are higher than they ever were. Had import-cost inflation been a problem; then those forex reserves wouldn’t have been all that much. Rupee falling against dollar is a problem if people cannot buy imported goods as readily as before, which is not the case.
这些只影响进口商品。印度并不是依赖进口的国家，经济总量更大，就意味着就算进口商品涨价，从国家层面看也负担得起。这就是外汇储备创下历史新高的原因。如果进口成本通胀真的是大问题，外汇储备不会这么高。卢比贬值只有在民众买不起进口商品时才是问题，而现在并不是这种情况。
@Rajiva Kumar
…..’At the root of this suffering lies the absence of a spiritual foundation.’ Please elaborate. Otherwise good write up.
……“这种痛苦的根源是缺乏精神根基”，麻烦详细解释一下。除此之外，写得很好。
@Daku Pili Pili Singh
Why are you ruining people’s happiness! Hearing about the 4 trillion economy, we should smile a little even if hungry. Do you have to tell the facts in everything?
你干嘛非要泼别人冷水？听到 4 万亿经济体，就算饿着肚子也该开心一点。凡事都非要讲大道理吗？
@Call me Davi
Lol
哈哈。
@M.Jaya Ram reddy
This percentage takes place in every nation. When per-capita calculation depends on number of people.
这种比例在每个国家都存在。人均数据本来就受人口数量影响。
@Srini Addanki
Its the Pareto analysis: 20% of Indians control 80% of India's wealth, while 80% control the remaining 20%.
这就是帕累托法则：20% 的印度人控制 80% 的财富，剩下 80% 的人分 20%。
@Raghunath Hampi
Here we must also see that only 4 % pay Income tax but vehicles purchase is on rise living standards have improved a lot in rural places too GST collection which is related with sales in market is creating new record every month can we say that all the vehicles and merchandise is purchased only by so called one percent who are holding more wealth.
我们也要看到，只有 4% 的人交个人所得税，但汽车销量在上涨，农村生活水平也大幅提高。和市场销售挂钩的消费税，每月都在创新高。你能说所有汽车和商品，都是那所谓 1% 的富人买的吗？
@Nirakar Nayak
Due to huge population the per capita income is comparatively lesser than Japan or other stable country but now India is in 4th position due foreign reserves.
因为人口庞大，我们的人均收入比日本等稳定国家低，但凭借外汇储备，印度现在排第四。
@Santhosh
Just Raid all the politicians & corporators. You will find the hidden GDP. Start with P Chidambaram. You will understand why this Japan Vs India comparison becomes absurd.
直接严查所有政客和市政官员，你就能找到隐藏的 GDP。从奇丹巴拉姆查起，你就明白拿印度和日本比有多荒谬。
@VEE KAY
Out of 140 crores, real working class is just 30 crore or so. It is not that 40% wealth is with just 1% bcoz in this capitalist way of development these 1% are employing a large chunk of this work force. But out of that large chunk of work force a few gets rich due to their ability n hard work. see how Manrega is grossly misused by headman n his accomplices. Agriculture is really at back foot inspite of government’s subsidies and support. Farmer is choosing to get a job in nearby city in addition to what produce he gets from farm. Due to rapid urbanisation agriculture land is shrinking. Since seven decades no such huge development took place. In year 2000 many people paid more than 50% of tax. Data collection at ground level is very poor. So the growth in GDP shown is in a way representative to move further in framing policy.
14 亿人口中，真正的劳动人口只有 3 亿左右。并不是 40% 的财富凭空落在 1% 的人手里，而是在这种资本主义发展模式下，这 1% 的人雇佣了大量劳动力。而在这些劳动力中，少数人凭借能力和努力实现了致富。看看农村就业保障计划，被村长和同伙滥用成什么样。尽管有政府补贴和支持，农业依然非常落后。农民现在都选择在种地之余，去附近城市打份工。快速城市化导致耕地不断减少。过去七十年，农业根本没有大发展。2000 年，很多人要交超过 50% 的税。基层数据收集非常糟糕。所以公布的 GDP 增长，在某种程度上只是为制定政策提供参考。
@Keshav Itagi
You fools… tell me what the situation was before 2014.. the population was the same… what about the GDP??? Just tell us what the GDP was back then….
你们这些傻子…… 怎么不说 2014 年之前是什么样子？人口差不多，那时候 GDP 呢？倒是说说那时候 GDP 多少啊？
@Proudly US Citizen
It seems you lack a basic knowledge - a country’s GDP reflects its economic power hence power, influence in the world.. It means a lot to the citizen.
你似乎缺乏基本常识 —— 一个国家的 GDP，反映的是它的经济实力，进而反映它在世界上的地位和影响力。这对公民来说非常重要。
@Indranil Datta
Only when it's per capita income
那也得看人均收入才行。
@Ravi Anantha
Either way it is still an accomplishment for India given its challenges.
不管怎么说，考虑到印度面临的种种挑战，这依然是一项成就。
@Shreya Jha
Japan has less population
日本人口少得多。
@Ramakanth Govindarajula
POLITICIANS ARE BECOMING BILLIONAIRES.
政客们都在变成亿万富翁。
@Girish Kumar
4th largest economy doesn't mean 4th richest country. It's really funny to see social media economist posting and commenting
第四大经济体，不代表第四富裕国家。看这些社交媒体经济学家发帖评论，真的很搞笑。
@Addict To Life
Wrong image though ,ordinary Indians are not even on the boat …..
配图都不对，普通印度人连船都没上去……
@SG Hey
People are just stupid, india will grow more in the future and its just kickstart for Indian economy at 4T and japanese economy are falling down every year.
人们就是蠢，印度未来会增长更多，4 万亿只是印度经济的起点，而日本经济每年都在衰退。
@Vijay Anand J
India is self sufficient, we saw during covid. Take that into account as well. 10–15% earning for 100% population, should that be considered, what if 50–60% contribute ?,
印度是自给自足的，疫情期间我们就看出来了。这一点也要算进去。现在是 10–15% 的人挣钱养活 100% 人口，如果未来 50–60% 的人都能创造价值呢？这就是巨大的增长潜力。印度正在朝这个方向走。
@Manu B
All these bleeding heart arguments are good for presenting a pov that many disgruntled people like to present. Fact is there has been a rapid change in the way Indians are living , from having no toilets for hundreds of millions to that becoming a fact of daily life . From no access to formal banking , loans etc to being available even to beggars , the trajectory has been dramatic . Keyboard commie warriors who enjoy their five stars elite life style keep harping how poor are left behind blah blah. The fact is people like this want the poor to remain poor just the commies do. Rich will get richer , but the poor have way more opportunities now in India , from becoming a delivery driver to a content creator even without any education people have made a decent life . Many have an issue with salaries of delivery drivers ,they compare their life styles and start pitying the drivers etc . The drivers would have been worse off working in some remote village many a time and not even being paid a wage on time by some local thug. Indian economy has just started it actually journey to some extent free from this commie mind set, then comes these , India does not have this that and all that crap. Listening to these people will ensure that India will be a dump and Indians will always live a poor and uncertain life .
所有这些悲天悯人的论调，都只是那些心怀不满的人喜欢的说辞。事实是，印度人的生活发生了翻天覆地的变化：从数亿人没有厕所，到厕所普及；从无法获得正规银行服务和贷款，到连乞丐都能用上。变化是巨大的。那些过着五星精英生活的键盘左派战士，天天念叨穷人被抛弃。事实是，这类人就像左派一样，巴不得穷人一直穷。富人会更富，但现在印度穷人的机会比以前多太多了：就算没受过教育，也能当外卖骑手、做内容创作者，过上体面生活。很多人看不上外卖员的工资，拿自己的生活去对比，然后同情骑手。可如果留在偏远农村，他们的处境会更糟，经常被当地恶霸拖欠工资。印度经济才刚刚开始摆脱这种左派思维，就冒出这些人说印度这不行那不行。听这些人的话，印度只会变成垃圾堆，印度人永远过着贫穷不安的生活。
@Manu B
About Free food rations- go on the ground and see ! Many now avail of it and benefit but they are not solely dependent on it , many dont even want it any more as they have started making choices as their income slowly has gone up . This one lakh only statement is a typical commie style statement, many parts of India this is enough for them to live and people are getting more avenues not sure what people like this want , they would love to see India not even trying , being a vassal state run by some foreigner air dropped via some place . Thankfully the government of the day do not give value to such people’s thought. Commies are the worst of the homo sapien , they have relationship with like minded ones like terrorist and
说到免费粮食配给，你去基层看看！很多人确实在领、确实受益，但并不完全依赖它。很多人收入慢慢提高后，甚至都不想要了。那种 “年收入不到 10 万卢比” 的说法，是典型的左派话术。在印度很多地方，这笔钱足够生活，而且人们的收入渠道越来越多。我真搞不懂这些人想干什么，他们巴不得印度干脆放弃发展，当个由外国人空降来统治的附庸国。幸好现政府不会理会这些人的想法。左派是人类里最糟糕的一群人，他们和恐怖分子之类的货色臭味相投。
@Kalyan Ananthanarayanan
Nonsense. All you termites come out when there is some positive development in India. India already had a population of 120 crores when it became a trillion dollar economy (2007). Now with 20% increase in population (143 Crores), our GDP has increased by 330% (4.3 trillion USD). (Which means today an average indian is earning almost 4 times what he earned in 2007, in DOLLAR terms) Japan’s population was 12.5 crores in 2007 and its GDP was 4.4 trillion USD. Now, in 2025, Japan’s population is still 12.5 crores and its GDP is still 4.3 trillion USD. (Which means that an average Japanese is still earning the same what he was earning in 2007, in Dollar terms). Even though an average Japanese is still earning 10 times as much as an average indian (nominal per capita GDP), his purchasing power in Japan is ONLY 2.5 TIMES that of what an Indian can purchase in India. Let that sink in. The reality is that India has performed very well in general and Extremely well in comparison to Japan. Swallow your shit and go back to hide in the woodwork again you termites!
胡说八道。印度一有正面发展，你们这些蛀虫就全跳出来了。2007 年印度成为万亿美元经济体时，人口就已经 12 亿。现在人口增长 20%，达到 14.3 亿，GDP 增长 330%，达到 4.3 万亿美元。这意味着，按美元计算，现在普通印度人的收入几乎是 2007 年的 4 倍。2007 年日本人口 1.25 亿，GDP4.4 万亿美元。2025 年，日本人口还是 1.25 亿，GDP 还是 4.3 万亿美元。这意味着，按美元算，普通日本人的收入和 2007 年一模一样。即便日本人均名义收入仍是印度的 10 倍，但在本国的购买力只有印度的 2.5 倍。好好想想吧。事实就是，印度整体表现非常好，和日本比更是极其出色。都给我闭嘴，滚回去躲起来，你们这些蛀虫！
@Indranil Datta
More people less opportunities, even lesser with better opportunist people not by luck or sheer hard work and intelligence but by dedicated corridor created by money family ties and power game, india will never be a level playing field like the west or even like China. we thrive on other's incompetency and failure. Very less moral value due to huge degenerate population who is just willing to live by each day somehow and not managing or thinking as to improve the whole journey. Rich don't care for the poor, poor hates rich like anything but have no means to challange or don't even try to start improving the baseline of their life. On a global map we are just a bunch of top level company workers or middle men for the whites and elites to run the show on their behalf. In last 50 years we had chances but we failed miserably and untill the entire world is reshaped we will be at mercy of the richest and politicians and foreign powers. We are to blame for this and not outsiders. Remember Indians sold india to brits when we could have showed out steel. We are a bunch of cowards with slave mind and wannabe opportunists who only think about safeguarding the miniscule fortune while giving away the biggest chunk cos we don't have a fucking clue.
人越多，机会越少，而能抓住好机会的，往往不是靠运气、努力或聪明，而是靠金钱、家族关系和权力运作搭建的专属通道。印度永远不可能像西方甚至中国那样，拥有公平的竞争环境。我们的发展，是建立在别人无能和失败的基础上。庞大的底层人口只求苟活，没有道德底线，也不想着真正改善生活。富人不在乎穷人，穷人恨死富人，却没有能力挑战，甚至连改善基本生活的尝试都没有。在全球格局里，我们只是顶级公司的打工人，或是白人和精英的代理人，帮他们打理生意。过去 50 年我们不是没有机会，但都惨败收场。除非世界格局彻底重塑，否则我们只能任由富豪、政客和外国势力摆布。要怪只能怪我们自己，不能怪别人。别忘了，当年我们本可以奋起反抗，却还是有人把印度卖给了英国人。我们就是一群有着奴隶心态的懦夫、投机者，只想着保住自己那点微不足道的财产，却把最大的利益拱手让人，因为我们根本毫无方向。
