Reply to: Put that hospital on hold. India needs another £1bn.

[RichardCranium]

Not even NuLab would be stupid enough to hand over a billion, or indeed anything, to India without expecting to come out ahead in the long run.

(Please reassure me that's true )

OwlHoot, you're getting a bit delusional again. You've not been taking your tablets, have you?

[OwlHoot]

Have we done this one recently?

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No need to get your knickers in a twist, AtW.

As others have said, it must be a one billion sprat to catch a ten billion mackerel.

Not even NuLab would be stupid enough to hand over a billion, or indeed anything, to India without expecting to come out ahead in the long run.

(Please reassure me that's true )

[TimberWolf]

They will be wanting this back then:




What is the ugly spot in the middle?

[GreenLabel]

Foreign aid is a joke. We give money to Singapore, FFS.

[Paddy]

Indeed. Two hundred years after he pillaged and made us rich, we're giving it all back. At least they got railways and a civil service out of it, all we'll get is sharia law.

Since when was the wealth of the Empire given to the working class? The wealth went to government officials and to large companies, directors and shareholders. It is they who should pay back.

[Jog On]

There are three times as many billionaires in India as there are in the UK.

India is very wealthy but has a lot of poor people.

I think a dose of Middle East style revolutions etc would soon sort out India, rather than a small bankrupt country like the UK borrowing even more money so it can send it to one of the world's richest countries.

[Mich the Tester]

Robert Clive, 1st Baron Clive, KB (29 September 1725 – 22 November 1774

And these days, we call them Bob.

[Gibbon]

Did you make that up or do you believe it?

The Industrial Revolution was over shortly before the British Raj started.

Robert Clive, 1st Baron Clive, KB (29 September 1725 – 22 November 1774), also known as Clive of India, was a British officer who established the military and political supremacy of the East India Company in Bengal. He is credited with securing India, and the wealth that followed, for the British crown.[1] Together with Warren Hastings he was one of the key figures in the creation of British

[Gibbon]

Did you make that up or do you believe it?

The Industrial Revolution was over shortly before the British Raj started.

the Company was granted an English Royal Charter, under the name Governor and Company of Merchants of London Trading into the East Indies, by Elizabeth I on 31 December 1600.[4]

[RichardCranium]

No us in the modern sense, the wealth plundered from India helped fuel the Industrial Revolution.

Did you make that up or do you believe it?

The Industrial Revolution was over shortly before the British Raj started.

[Gibbon]

Us?

Who is this "us" of whom you speak?

Clive made Clive rich.

And a few other nabobs.

No us in the modern sense, the wealth plundered from India helped fuel the Industrial Revolution.

[Gibbon]

Those the gods wish to destroy, they first make mad.

Poor old Clive must be spinning in his grave.

Indeed. Two hundred years after he pillaged and made us rich, we're giving it all back. At least they got railways and a civil service out of it, all we'll get is sharia law.

[xoggoth]

On top of remittances. 3 times direct aid, if UK is typical.

BBC NEWS | Business | India tops migrant workers table

[Old Greg]

The crazy thing is that India has an overseas aid programme!

[Sysman]

There are three times as many billionaires in India as there are in the UK.

India is very wealthy but has a lot of poor people.

I think a dose of New Labour style wealth redistribution, 50% tax rates plus NI etc would soon sort out India, rather than a small bankrupt country like the UK borrowing even more money so it can send it to one of the world's richest countries.

Indian Tax Calculator

I seem to remember coming across a site which quoted a million rupees p.a. for a Senior Developer at HP India.

Edit: Found a link

Sr. Software Engineer / Developer / Programmer  Rs   630,267
Project Manager, Information Technology (IT)    Rs   919,354
Technical Support Engineer                      Rs   212,000
Information Technology (IT) Consultant          Rs   424,000
SAP Consultant                                  Rs   476,086
Software Engineer                               Rs   360,000
Service Delivery Manager                        Rs 1,250,202