Trade economists note Modi’s cautious nature in opening up the Indian market, especially to Chinese goods, despite his image as a market-oriented leader.
From electricity pricing reform to efficient dairying, an over-priced rupee to ineffective RBI rate cuts, a lot needs to change whether or not India signs RCEP.
National co-convener of Swadeshi Jagran Manch Ashwani Mahajan tells ThePrint that from dairy sector to steel, chemical and automobile, no one wants RCEP.
Perhaps the present crisis and trauma can force our country into something resembling that special moment we found in the sixties. Perhaps we can radically alter our business environment.
India’s industrial output growth saw a 10-month low in June, with Index of Industrial Production (IIP) growing by mere 1.5% as against 1.9% in May 2025.
Standing up to America is usually not a personal risk for a leader in India. Any suggestions of foreign pressure unites India behind who they see as leading them in that fight.
More important than India joining RCEP or not – actually it should, at the earliest – is the need to remodel the Indian economy, make it lower cost, globally competitive. 2. An unrelated observation, perhaps, but see what is happening to Vodafone.. If world class firms, that are prospering in different countries, start going bust when they invest in India, that sends a powerful message to global investors. 3. Whichever way one sees it, there is a need to lower partisan polemic, restore the economy to health and high growth.
More important than India joining RCEP or not – actually it should, at the earliest – is the need to remodel the Indian economy, make it lower cost, globally competitive. 2. An unrelated observation, perhaps, but see what is happening to Vodafone.. If world class firms, that are prospering in different countries, start going bust when they invest in India, that sends a powerful message to global investors. 3. Whichever way one sees it, there is a need to lower partisan polemic, restore the economy to health and high growth.