And We Still Send Aid ?

[Bobbisox1]

https://news.sky.com/story/india-moon-landing-live-updates-chandrayaan-3-making-historic-bid-to-reach-south-pole-of-lunar-surface-12945600

Surely the vast amount of money used for this would be better off used to feed its people

[Oldandconfused]

Interested to know how much aid the UK sends?

[ToraToraTora]

I applaud their efforts but you are correct why are we still giving aid to a country with a space program?

[Bobbisox1]

Britain is set to boost aid to India by 70 per cent, it has emerged, just days after the country launched a rocket into space. The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO), which distributes aid, sent India £33.4 million in aid cash in 2022/23.18 Jul 2023

[Canary42]

So any country to which we send aid is forbidden to spend any money on advancing scientific knowledge. How bizarre.

[Oldandconfused]

I found the following on the gov.uk site and it seems that we (the UK) do not send aid.

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/icai-recommendations-on-uk-aid-to-india-uk-government-response/government-response-to-the-independent-commission-on-aid-impacts-review-uk-aid-to-india-march-2023#:~:text=As%20the%20Review%20notes%2C%20the,invest%20in%20its%20own%20development.

[david small]

The worst thing we ever did was found an Empire. Boy, are we paying dearly for the sins of our fathers.

[Hopkirk]

How is this vanity project 'advancing scientific knowledge'?

[Oldandconfused]

I don't really understand all of this - its a little over my head.

[youngmafbog]

//So any country to which we send aid is forbidden to spend any money on advancing scientific knowledge. How bizarre.//

Really? Surely as a good socialist you would want the people fed first, which is what is being suggested?

Personally I dont have an issue with aid to India. We still have close ties with them and its mostly good.

[ToraToraTora]

no one said that canary but surely if a country is advanced enough to have a space program surely they don't need our lucre.

[ToraToraTora]

13:26 typical ignorant post. Many things in everyday life are spin offs from the space race. No one can say where it will lead. If we listened to people like you we'd still be living in caves.

[-SharonA-]

Tora in my book, space travel is not essential but feeding the population of your country is!

[Hymie]

I’m willing to bet we are still up on the deal, having plundered India during the years of British rule.

[ToraToraTora]

TBF though what we give India is a drop in the ocean compared to what we used to give our EUSSR enemies across the channel.

[youngmafbog]

//I’m willing to bet we are still up on the deal, having plundered India during the years of British rule.//

You know, if this country is so bad why dont you push off to somewhere more suited to you?

[douglas9401]

The crowbar being put to good use again today we see.
Odd how India can get go the moon but Pakistan can't get a reliable cable car organised though.

[fender62]

india's space program is not going to advance science as its been done already, pure vanity along with there nuclear arms.

[ToraToraTora]

It's not the same as last time fender. Things have been discovered since, eg water on the moon they have experiments on board to look at things like that. Eg the moon could be a stepping stone to mars if we can manufacture fuel there rather than lifting it off the Earth. This is an Indian show but the knowledge will help the space community across the world. How short sited some people are.

[david small]

How short sited some people are. That’s rich coming from you 3Ts. Pot kettle, kettle Pot.

[ToraToraTora]

15:13, back that up please.