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I thought the recommendation was to introduce some peanuts at an early age in order to reduce the risk of getting peanut allergies?

Peanut allergy prevalence in India seems to be 0.3%, while in the western countries it's 1.5-3%.

Or even seasonal allergies to like pollen too, right? There’s just much more pressing breathing related issues to be concerned with (AQI etc)

That's not at all the same thing.

Could it be that people in India have different genetic makeup than people in other countries?

I mean, many populations have more/less risk of many physiological things. That's just how it goes.

Black men are at much higher risk of prostate cancer. White people of melanoma. As a man, I pretty much don't have to worry about autoimmune disorders because my risk is 1/10th that of a woman's. But, my risk of heart disease is much higher - even at the same weight!

A: different genes, B: Different reporting standards, C: different access to healthcare for it to be reported