2: India

Question 1

What happened in the late 1980s in India?

Answer 1

Government encouraged TNC investment and globalisation = more secondary employment = more disposable income = more tertiary employment

Question 2

Name 5 things that cause wealth disparity in India

Answer 2

• Coasts (trade, container ports, globalisation)
• Education (universities in Mumbai, low literacy rates in Bihar, TNCs)
• Societal structure (caste-based = poor stay poor, women’s equality)
• Current industry (entertainment like Bollywood, manufacturing)

Question 3

What three things are positively changing India’s demographic?

Answer 3

• Life expectancy increase from vaccines and sanitation
• Career pursual leading to smaller families
• Declining birth rates from secondary and tertiary employment and less subsistence farming

Question 4

Why did the UK stop aid to India?

Answer 4

Stopped £200m per year in 2015 as India had developed enough to be spending £600m per year on its space program

Question 5

Are TNCs good for India?

Answer 5

YES: infrastucture, taxes, education, jobs
NO: resource and labour exploitation, pollution, economic leakage

Question 6

Is rapid urbanisation good for India?

Answer 6

YES: skilled workforce, TNCs, education, sanitation
NO: housing (slums = disease, conflict), waste disposal, transport, job opportunity (poor pay and conditions)

Question 7

How was India improved lives socially? (2)

Answer 7

• Life expectancy increase of 30 years in one generation

- Growing middle class

Question 8

How has India improved lives environmentally?

Answer 8

• “Polluter pays” policy
• Mumbai ban on diesel cars
• E-waste recyling