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No, it feels like poor understanding of economics on your side.
Space programs are an investment. They create way more GDP than they cost. They educate young engineers, prop up local high tech companies and generally help create a highly skilled labor force that then also is able to work in other fields, using skills and technologies from the space program.
I'm not sure about India, but there are studies about the economic impact of NASA, and every dollar spent on them returns several dollars in GDP/tax revenue.
Wow! I didn't know that. Do you have any reference material to back up your claim?
Since I'm at work right now, I'm not super inclined to do thorough research. So this is the first non-NASA result I found: https://time.com/6226127/nasa-moon-program-economic-impact/
Just google something like "NASA economic impact" there's plenty of material.
Thank you :)