Indiaa??s social system and religious diversity is another consideration. Interestingly enough, Prime Minister Singh is a Sikh, which is a non Hindu, non Muslim religion represented by only about 5% of the population. India has been dealing with terrorism for about 700 years, so they have a lot of experience with the issue.

The bottom line is that increasing the standard of living for their populations is the only option for a government that desires any modicum of progress, harmony and increasing power. We acknowledge that popular revolt and governmental change could easily take place in smaller countries, which is why we have stuck to more stable countries such as Singapore, India and China along with Korea and Japan for investments.

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