 "India At 70: What A Comparison With 5 Nations Reveals")
In the 70 years since independence, India has made most progress in improving life expectancy, literacy, but has been slower in improving the level of income, and reducing infant mortality rates when compared to five other nations.
On the eve of independence day, we compared the progress India has made in improving income, health, education, and in preserving its forests, to five countries–China, Pakistan, Malaysia, South Korea and Brazil.
Why we chose these countries
We chose China because it had roughly the same per capita income in 1960 as India did. Our analysis showed that
