Trump's policy of stopping foreign aid: A blessing in disguise for India?

Amalendu Upadhyaya
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Why did the Trump administration stop foreign aid?

India's chance to become self-reliant

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  • Can India move towards self-reliance?
US President Donald Trump's decision to stop foreign aid can prove to be a big opportunity for India. According to Justice Markandey Katju, this will inspire India to become self-reliant, so that we can increase our economic and industrial power. Will this prove to be a hidden boon for India? Know the long-term effects of this decision.
Trumps policy of stopping foreign aid
Trumps policy of stopping foreign aid



Trump stopping foreign aid will be a blessing in disguise for India

By Justice Markandey Katju

US President Donald Trump has issued an order freezing all foreign aid, which would include aid to India


In my opinion, this will be good for India, as it will force us to become self-reliant, instead of behaving like beggars even 77 years after Independence. Only people will no self-respect keep asking for aid.

And such 'aid' is not really genuine aid, as it comes with a lot of strings attached, which makes the recipient country even more dependent on the donor, who then treats it like a colony, grabbing its markets and raw materials.

India is a country with great potential of becoming a mighty industrial giant with our huge pool of engineers and scientists, and immense natural resources. How long should we keep asking for aid? Have we no self-respect ?

When the Soviet Union under Khrushchev withdrew its scientists from China in 1960 and even took back the technical prints it was in fact a blessing in disguise for the latter, as it forced the Chinese to become self-reliant.

So President Trump's order stopping aid to India ( among other countries) will be a blessing in disguise for us.

India will rise again in the comity of nations if we become totally self-reliant, like China, and not remain dependent on foreign aid, which, as pointed out above, is no aid at all, but a subtle and indirect form of exploitation.
(Justice Katju is a retired judge of the Supreme Court of India. These are his personal views.)

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