India even lags behind in manufacturing wrt Bangladesh and Vietnam too.

Nothing surprising. Indian GDP is bloated with 6%+ inflation which their central bank considers normal. So cost of everything doubled every decade.

But the wages are stagnant. There is 0% real wage growth in the last 10 years.

Per capita income ranking is 129

HDi ranking is 132

Not even 1% percent Indians can afford a medical emergency.

Corruption perception index only got worse.

Under 25 unemployment is 44%

People have every reason to be unhappy