Whose economic progress, at whose expense? It's always the financially well-off progress that takes the centre stage but not those who are weaker. Let us understand one thing very clearly. Humans have settled in these areas as it has water and forest for sustenance and they are living there for generations and centuries! Why should they get displaced to an alien place to provide water to desert area residents like Kutch etc? We are pushing down their throats because we are influential and can. Political parties do not bother as these tribals are uneducated and are unaware.
Regarding the Chinese example, no civilised nation has anything to learn from this modern Chinese state. They imposed a single child policy on its citizens. What happens to the emotional health of the parents if the only child dies in an accident or of disease? Material wealth is important but not everything.
How many people know that a rural chinese citizen can not move to a city for work and for a better living? They are not forbidden-every city dwelling citizen has a permit.
The current Chinese state is neither socialist nor communist as they pretend to be-it is authoritarian and downright uncivilised by modern standards!
Despite all its shortcomings Indian polity is head and shoulders above China
