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India: A rich country with poor people

We have nearly 8 billion people living across 230 nations across the world. India being 7th largest country holds nearly 1.3 billion people in its border next to China which holds 1.4 billion people by just being 1/3 of the land size of China. Before going any further, you must learn about something called as Sustainable Growth. In common terms a sustainable growth is where the exhaustion of resources happen at the same rate as those resource replenishment. This means that One litre of water must be recreated as we consume one litre of water and getting ready for next sip. So what happens if that doesn't happen. Suppose there is 1000 litre water available for drinking and replenishing rate is 100 ml per day and if we consume 1 litre per day, after how many days we are left with no water. You do the math. This isn't a sustainable growth. We must understand the fact that resources are always limited. We must always calculate the rate of consumption to rate of replenishment. ...