NRI Amazed by India's Growth and Affordability

• NRI praises India's growth after 8 years, noting the nation's rapid development.
• Friend shocked by low costs: medical care, transport, internet, and mobile plans.
• NRI's praise sparks debate online about living standards in India vs. the US.

New Delhi: A Non-Resident Indian (NRI) has praised the scale of growth India has achieved as he visited the country after 8 long years. The NRI, who resides

in New York, showered praise for the amazing energy in the country as he noticed how rapidly the nation was growing. Taking to social media platform X, formerly Twitter, one Alok Jain shared the experience of his friend who visited India after 8 years and praised the scale of growth, low cost internet among other things.

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In his post, Jain wrote, “A friend visited me from New York today. He had come to India after 8 years. He was all praise for the amazing energy in the country and how rapidly he felt India is growing. An outsiders perspective can be so different from our own."

Alok Jain further shared his friend’s experience saying, "He (his friend) was shocked to see our cost of medical care, transportation, internet and mobile costs."

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Jain further mentioned that his friend in US pays, "$600 for mobile and data at his house, $30k for health insurance for 4 per annum, 2 per cent property taxes per year."

"Yes air is cleaner there but there are many more good things happening here," Jain quoted his friend.

The NRI's experience, though positive and full of praises for India, has sparked a debate on the internet.

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Comparing living standards between India and United States, a user on X wrote, "It’s the other way around. A few things are better in India but when it comes to what actually defines a better living standard, from AQI to walkable public spaces, New York is way ahead, no comparison."

Another user wrote on X, "I am an outsider and I can say that everything wrong with the country has to do only with lack of civic sense among the people."

While a third user wrote, "Nobody is paying $600 a month for mobile and data, I assure you."