[wobbly_bush]

It's a myth that the lack of government services are solely due to lack of funding or budget deficit. One of the original complaints in the thread was about government-provided healthcare and education. Government schools & hospitals exist, but they aren't exactly known for their quality apart from a few niche ones like IITs, IIMs, AIIMs. So is the issue that lack of funding is preventing these public services from being effective? We could look at any independent report to find the problems. A search on this issue brings up https://yourstory.com/2017/09/india-public-education-system?..., it's not thorough report but it's a start.

This brings to light another problem - unlike the developed countries, in India the average citizen doesn't even know the specifics of things that can be improved because there are hardly any independent organizations which raise awareness about specific policies, or which publish easy to digest reports for the general public to become better informed.

[naruvimama]

Previous generations of populist governments could be blamed for their short term thinking and political appointments to the dismal state of the Education system.

It is a sector that really needs an upgrade and much of it requires very little money but the attitude of teachers and curriculum.

[vshade]

This doesn't contradicts that lack of funding is a problem, at least in the country from where I come public school teachers are usually underpaid and it can be hard to attract and keep the good ones without it.

[throwawy42434]

It isn't - public schooling was in a far better shape/quality 40-50 years back, when the Indian Boomers were growing up.

This was a time of war and food-shortages; funding clearly is not the problem.