In seven years to the top of the world? The hyped India shows itself as a land of unlimited difficulties

Crowded train in Ghaziabad

A modern express train connection is to be built in the city soon.

(Photo: Reuters)

New Delhi India is making itself pretty for the Federal Chancellor: the access road to a company site in the southern Indian city of Bangalore was freshly asphalted two days before Olaf Scholz’s visit, so that the journey there is a little less bumpy for him and his business delegation.

Authorities in the country of 1.4 billion see an opportunity to make a good impression on India’s main trading partner in Europe – and it seems to be working. On Sunday, SPD politician Scholz raved about the “high-tech nation of India” and the “impressive skills” that he was shown during his company visits.

The Chancellor sees enormous potential in India for the German economy: in the presence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the day before he announced an expansion of German investments in the country and was convinced that German companies would “massively increase” the number of their employees in India. would.

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