Question

India has huge deposits of potential resources.give reasons for its underdevelopment

Answer 1

India has huge deposits of potential resources but they are not developed because India do not have the technology

Answer 2

 Resources endowment is never directly proportional to development of a country. The following are its underdevelopment despite its resource endowment;
Inadequate technology in terms of skills and machinery to extract the available mineral resources, inadequate capital to extract the available mineral resources, and Poor government policies.