Indian merchandise exports have hit an all-time high of $235 billion from April-Oct. Analysts say this is due to a sharp recovery from low baseline levels during the pandemic last year.
Researchers from Boston University, Y Analytics and Power for All studied the strict nationalisation policy, Nitaqat, which aims to increase employment of Saudis in private sector.
China ranked 16th globally when judged by complexity of its exports in 2019, according to Harvard lab study. Its export performance contrasts with India, whose ranking was 43rd.
National agricultural commodity export grew by nearly 25% over $15.9 billion in 2019-20. This was driven by rice & wheat exports that touched record high of almost 20 MT in 2020-21.
A revival in global demand has seen exports of engineering goods and gems and jewellery surge. Exports in April rose 196% compared to 2020 and 17% when compared to 2019.
Mamdani’s politics feels unusual compared to India’s current climate. He unapologetically foregrounds Muslim identity at a time when doing so in India invites scrutiny.
While the move could free up grid capacity struggling to keep up with rapid renewable rollout, it would be a major setback for green ambitions. India aims to double clean power capacity to 500 gigawatts by the end of the decade.
This world is being restructured and redrawn by one man, and what’s his power? It’s not his formidable military. It’s trade. With China, it turned on him.
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