[gaius]

They can pay for nuclear weapons, aircraft carriers and a space programme; India is not a poor country.

[rmc]

There are loads of countries that squander money on military and things like that, while people starve, or the infastructure falls apart.

[cabalamat]

Possibly the Indian government doesn't consider railways to be as sexy as those things.

[blasterford]

Why does the UK give India £295m a year in aid?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-12607537