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Austrian entrepreneur lists what got worse in India despite growth
An Austrian entrepreneur who previously praised India has now listed what he believes got worse. Johannes Bergthaler, whose earlier post on India went viral, said basic needs like clean air, water, organic…
An Austrian entrepreneur who previously praised India has now listed what he believes got worse. Johannes Bergthaler, whose earlier post on India went viral, said basic needs like clean air, water, organic food and privacy remain unmet. He noted diets have worsened with more junk food, obesity, and an unhealthy lifestyle.
Bergthaler said relationships have become transactional, with health, education and friendship feeling like business cases. He criticised constant social media scrolling and short attention spans. While India has become more global, he argued old-school hierarchical power structures remain unchanged at workplaces.
He said doing business in India has become more serious, with brutal competition and higher expectations, and being foreign no longer impresses anyone. Bergthaler stressed his criticism does not mean India is going backwards, but that progress comes at a high price.
Indian Opinion Analysis
The entrepreneur's critique echoes a recurring tension in fast-growing economies: material gains often outpace improvements in quality of life. India's per capita income has risen sharply over the last decade, yet indices like the Global Hunger Report and the World Air Quality Report consistently rank India near the bottom on food security and air pollution. The specific complaints about transactional relationships and short attention spans are harder to measure but reflect a broader sociological anxiety about urbanisation and digital saturation. What matters next is whether policymakers treat these concerns as a signal: the government's own Economic Survey 2023-24 acknowledged lifestyle diseases as a rising burden, and the draft National Health Policy 2.0 is expected to set targets on air quality and nutrition. The question is not whether India is progressing, but what price its citizens are asked to pay.
Source: businesstoday.in
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