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I agree with comments by Vish, That apart, Modi is indeed working hard on making RCEP acceptable for India. We ought to join it and go ahead with big bang all pervasive once for all reforms so that our manufacturing becomes world competitive We should keep issue of fiscal deficit aside for next 3 years and bring about a total overhaul of the fiscal and economic management. Modi can and should take this as a political decision and sell it to the people explaining various scenarios and their consequences. People will back him as they backed his demonitization initiative.
The core competency of Indian companies is in managing government policy. Constantly seeking tariff protection, Indian companies seek a captive consumer for their highly priced shoddy goods and services. By restricting free trade, the government ensures that the ordinary consumer is impoverished. In the name of national interest, the only losers are the vast majority of common Indians.
If Indian companies have specific problems in accessing the Chinese market, for either goods or services, life does not begin and end with the RCEP / FTA. A new mechanism has been created for our FM and her Chinese counterpart to oversee issues pertaining to trade and investment. That would be an appropriate forum to deal with genuine hurdles that are placed in the way of our experts to China. 2. What exactly is holding up the next generation of reforms ? Read the recent comments of Nobel laureate Dr Abhijit Banerjee on where the Indian economy is headed.
I agree with comments by Vish, That apart, Modi is indeed working hard on making RCEP acceptable for India. We ought to join it and go ahead with big bang all pervasive once for all reforms so that our manufacturing becomes world competitive We should keep issue of fiscal deficit aside for next 3 years and bring about a total overhaul of the fiscal and economic management. Modi can and should take this as a political decision and sell it to the people explaining various scenarios and their consequences. People will back him as they backed his demonitization initiative.
The core competency of Indian companies is in managing government policy. Constantly seeking tariff protection, Indian companies seek a captive consumer for their highly priced shoddy goods and services. By restricting free trade, the government ensures that the ordinary consumer is impoverished. In the name of national interest, the only losers are the vast majority of common Indians.
If Indian companies have specific problems in accessing the Chinese market, for either goods or services, life does not begin and end with the RCEP / FTA. A new mechanism has been created for our FM and her Chinese counterpart to oversee issues pertaining to trade and investment. That would be an appropriate forum to deal with genuine hurdles that are placed in the way of our experts to China. 2. What exactly is holding up the next generation of reforms ? Read the recent comments of Nobel laureate Dr Abhijit Banerjee on where the Indian economy is headed.