This petition was submitted during the 2010-2015 parliament
Rejected petition Stop providing aid to countries that spend on programmes such as missions to Mars before providing for their own citizens basic needs
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In the light of this week's news that India has launched a mission to Mars, we should question why their government thought it was a greater priority than to feed and house their own citizens. In a country where a third of the population live in poverty is it right that they receive aid from other countries and charities before they have exhausted their own recourses first. Surely a space mission to Mars is a luxury they cannot afford.
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