Several MPs in the UK raised their voice against sending aids to India which amounts about 280 million pounds per annum , after Indian Prime Minister,Manmohan Singh announced India’s Mars Mission on Independence Day. The David Cameron govt is already facing budget deficit due to recession and major job losses but the overseas aid budget has not been reduced!
The view point among the protesting MPs is simple that if India can afford to finance a high-tech space program , it should be very well capable of feeding its population. Quite logical, isn’t it ?
Anyways,it is lot more important to provide infrastructure and improved standard of living to every Indian without foreign aids before thinking of Mars excavation.
Quite true. First of all, there’s no need of a mars mission for any country as far as I am concerned. We should make this planet a better place to live for everyone and that should be the first thing to do before seeking out to other planets which might or might not have the potential to support life. The U.S can afford to send these things but most probably in the near future they are gonna tactfully withdraw from the space race. India should concentrate on bettering the living conditions of millions of its people before sending out something which could easily become a failure! The U.K MPs are absolutely correct in raising their voice to keep their money from flowing into the wrong hands, which does not deserve it in the first place. It’s almost like the American aid to Pakistan where they use the same money to buy more tools of terrorism.
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