Kapil Sibal compares India with China on GDP, unemployment and inflation

India has surpassed China in terms of population. It ranks first in the list of the most populous country in the world. Kapil Sibal, member of the Rajya Sabha pointed out the the issue of unemployment, GDP, annual inflation in which India was not able to compete or get equal to it’s neighbouring country China. He also asked people to analyse the data of these parameters of the recent year.

Kapil Sibal is also a lawyer and he had represented several high-cases in the Supreme Court. It is seen that most of the time Sibal keeps on taking a dig at the government. He shared a data on his twitter account showing a gap between India and China in terms of GDP and inflation.

In a tweet, Sibal, an Independent MP, said, “India ahead of China: Population: India 1428 million, China 1425 million. Other indicators (2021), World Bank Data: GDP – China: USD 17.73 trillion, India : 3.18 trillion. Unemployment: China: 4.8%, India: 7.7%. Annual inflation (consumer prices): China: 1%, India: 5.1%. Think about it!”

“What used to be called demographic dividend can become a demographic disaster today, because our youth do not have employment and there is no talk of their employment,” said Congress spokesperson Supriya Shrinate .

By Priyanka Bhowmick

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